Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

By the transgression of lips, evil is ensnared, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

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.

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 The wicked covets the proceeds of evil, but the root of the righteous {bears fruit}. 13 By the transgression of lips, evil is ensnared, but the righteous escapes from trouble. 14 From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he is filled with good, and the reward of {a man's labor} will return to him.

Cross References

2 Peter 2:9

[then] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to reserve the unrighteous to be punished at the day of judgment,

Psalm 64:8

And they [who] would cause him to stumble, their [own] tongue [will be] against them. All who gaze on them will shake.

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous is delivered from trouble, but the wicked enters into it.

Proverbs 21:23

He who guards his mouth and his tongue, he guards his life from danger.

Genesis 48:16

The angel who redeemed me from all evil, may he bless the boys. And through them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac. And let them multiply into many in the midst of the earth.

2 Samuel 4:9

Then David answered Recab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and he said to them, "{As Yahweh lives}, who redeemed my soul from all trouble,

1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, "Thus may God do to me and thus may he add, if Adonijah hasn't spoken this thing at the expense of his life.

Psalm 5:6

You destroy speakers of lies. {A man of bloodshed} and deceit Yahweh abhors.

Psalm 34:19

Many [are the] distresses of [the] righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

Proverbs 6:2

[if] you are snared by the sayings of your mouth, [if] you are caught by the sayings of your mouth,

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge, but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.

Proverbs 18:6-7

The lips of a fool will bring strife, and his mouth calls out for a flogging.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

[It is] good to take hold of the one and also must not let go of the other; for whoever fears God will hold both of them secure.

Daniel 6:24

The king then commanded, and these men were brought {who had accused Daniel}, and they threw them and their children and their wives into {the lion pit}, and they had not reached the floor of the pit {before} the lions had overpowered them and they had crushed all of their bones.

Matthew 27:25

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

Romans 8:35-37

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?

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