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
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Bible References
Wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips
Proverbs 6:2
yea, thou art bound with thine own words, and taken with thine own speech.
Proverbs 15:2
A wise tongue commendeth knowledge; a foolish mouth babbleth out nothing but foolishness.
Proverbs 18:6
A fool's lips are ever brawling, and his mouth provoketh unto battle.
1 Kings 2:23
Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, "God do so to me and so thereto if Adonijah have not spoken this word against himself.
Psalm 5:6
Thou shalt destroy the liars; the LORD will abhor both the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Psalm 64:8
Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall, insomuch that whoso seeth them, shall laugh them to scorn.
Daniel 6:24
And as for those men which had accused Daniel, the king commanded to bring them, and to cast them in the Lions' den: them, their children, and their wives. So the Lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones asunder, before they came at the ground.
Matthew 27:25
Then answered all the people, and said, "His blood be on us, and on our children."
General references
Proverbs 6:2
yea, thou art bound with thine own words, and taken with thine own speech.
Proverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life; but whoso speaketh unadvised, findeth harm.
Proverbs 18:20
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his own mouth, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Proverbs 21:23
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue; the same keepeth his soul from troubles.