Proverbs 12:13
The wicked trap themselves by their own sinful words, but good people escape trouble.
Free Bible 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
12Wicked people long for ill-gotten gains, but good people are productive themselves.
14What you say brings you rewards, and your work returns to bless you.
Cross References
2 Samuel 4:9But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, sons of Rimmon from Beeroth, “As the Lord lives, who has saved me from all my troubles,
Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies. The Lord loathes bloodthirsty and deceptive people.
Psalms 34:20He keeps them safe—not a single one of their bones will be broken.
Psalms 64:8What they themselves say will trip them up; people who see them will mock them, shaking their heads at them.
Proverbs 10:8Those who think wisely pay attention to instruction, but a stupid chatterbox ends up in disaster.
Proverbs 15:2What wise people say makes knowledge attractive, but stupid people talk a lot of nonsense.
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 →