Proverbs 12:13
For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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
12The desire of the wicked is the fortification of evil men: but the root of the just shall prosper.
Cross References
2 Samuel 4:9But David answered Rechab, and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress,
Psalms 5:6Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.
Psalms 34:20For they spoke indeed peaceably to me; and speaking in the anger of the earth they devised guile.
Psalms 64:8Who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves. The Gentiles shall be troubled,
Proverbs 10:8The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth 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 →