Proverbs 12:13
The snare of the wicked [is] in transgression of the lips, || And the righteous goes out from distress.
Literal Standard 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
12The wicked has desired the net of evildoers, || And the root of the righteous gives.
Cross References
2 Samuel 4:9And David answers Rechab and his brother Baanah, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and says to them, “YHWH lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
Psalms 5:6You destroy those speaking lies, || YHWH detests a man of blood and deceit.
Psalms 34:20He is keeping all his bones, || Not one of them has been broken.
Psalms 64:8And they cause him to stumble, || Their own tongue [is] against them, || Every looker on them flees away.
Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart accepts commands, || And a talkative fool kicks.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, || And the mouth of fools utters 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 →