Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
But the righteous will escape from trouble.

King James Version

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

Holman Bible

An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech,
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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
is snared
מקשׁ מוקשׁ 
Mowqesh 
Usage: 27

by the transgression
פּשׁע 
Pesha` 
Usage: 93

of his lips
שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
Usage: 176

but the just
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

12 Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers, but the root of the righteous bears fruit. 13 An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
But the righteous will escape from trouble.
14 From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.

Cross References

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

Psalm 64:8

They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.

Proverbs 21:23

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

Genesis 48:16

the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys; and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."

2 Samuel 4:9

But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity,

1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his life!

Psalm 5:6

You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Psalm 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

Proverbs 6:2

if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 18:6-7

A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions--they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

Matthew 27:25

And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"

Romans 8:35-37

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

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