Proverbs 12:13
In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.
Cross References
2 Samuel 4:9And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,
Psalms 5:6\5:5\The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.
Psalms 34:20\34:19\Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.
Psalms 64:8\64:7\But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.
Proverbs 10:8The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.
Proverbs 15:2Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.
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 →