Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips
General references
Bible References
Wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips
Proverbs 6:2
You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
Proverbs 15:2
Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.
Proverbs 18:6
A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
1 Kings 2:23
Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord, saying, May God's punishment be on me if Adonijah does not give payment for these words with his life.
Psalm 5:6
You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.
Psalm 64:8
The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
Daniel 6:24
And at the king's order, they took those men who had said evil against Daniel, and put them in the lions' hole, with their wives and their children; and they had not got to the floor of the hole before the lions overcame them and all their bones were broken.
Matthew 27:25
And all the people made answer and said, Let his blood be on us, and on our children.
General references
Proverbs 6:2
You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
Proverbs 13:3
He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.
Proverbs 18:20
With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be full; the produce of his lips will be his in full measure.
Proverbs 21:23
He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.