Proverbs 12:13
A wicked man is snared by the transgression of [his] lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
In Context
12A wicked man desires the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous gives.
Cross References
2 Samuel 4:9And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
Psalms 5:6Thou will destroy those who speak lies. LORD abhors the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
Psalms 34:20He keeps all his bones. Not one of them is broken.
Psalms 64:8So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them. All who see them shall wag the head.
Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:13
12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. See here, 1. What is the care and aim of a wicked man; he would do mischief: He desires the net of evil men. "Oh that I were but as cunning as such a man, to make a hand of those I deal with, that I had but his art of over-reaching, that I could but take my revenge on one I have spite to as effectually as he can!" He desires the strong-hold, or fortress, of evil men (so some read it), to act securely in doing mischief, that… Read the whole commentary →