Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.
New American Standard Bible
But the
King James Version
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Holman Bible
but a righteous one escapes from trouble.
International Standard Version
An evil man's sinful speech ensnares him, but the righteous person escapes from trouble.
A Conservative Version
A wicked man is snared by the transgression of [his] lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
American Standard Version
In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Amplified
An evil man is [dangerously] ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
But the righteous will escape from trouble.
Darby Translation
In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous man shall go forth out of trouble.
Julia Smith Translation
In the transgression of the lips is the snare of evil: and the just one shall come forth out of straits.
King James 2000
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall escape from trouble.
Lexham Expanded Bible
By the transgression of lips, evil is ensnared, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
Modern King James verseion
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips, but the just shall come out of trouble.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The wicked falleth into the snare through the malice of his own mouth; but the just shall escape out of peril.
NET Bible
The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.
New Heart English Bible
An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
The Emphasized Bible
By the transgression of the lips, is the wicked man, ensnared, but the righteous, cometh out of distress.
Webster
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
World English Bible
An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Youngs Literal Translation
In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.
Themes
God's Promises » To the prayerful » To the righteous
The righteous » The righteous, promises to
Righteousness » Promises concerning » Promises to the righteous
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
12 The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever. 13 In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble. 14 From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.
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Cross References
2 Peter 2:9
The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;
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.
Proverbs 11:8
The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.
Proverbs 21:23
He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
Genesis 48:16
The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.
2 Samuel 4:9
And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,
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 34:19
Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.
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 18:6-7
A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.
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.
Romans 8:35-37
Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?