Proverbs Chapter 12 verse 13 Holy Bible
In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
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In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.
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In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous [man] shall go forth out of trouble.
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The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
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An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
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In transgression of the lips `is' the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips; rather, in the transgression of the lips is an evil snare (Proverbs 18:7). A man by speaking unadvisedly or intemperately brings trouble upon himself, involves himself in difficulties which he did not foresee. Often when he has spoken in order to injure others, the slander or the censure has redounded on himself (comp. Psalm 7:15, 16; Psalm 9:16). The just; the man who does not offend with his lips, avoids these snares. The Septuagint here introduces a couplet not found in the Hebrew: "He who looketh gently (ὁ βλέπων λεῖα) shall obtain mercy; but he who frequents the gates [or, 'contends in the gates,' συναντῶν ἐν πύλαις] will harass souls." This seems to mean the man who is calm and considerate for others will himself be treated with pity and consideration (Matthew 5:7); but he who is a gossip, or a busybody, or litigious, will be always vexing his neighbours.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) The wicked is cursed by the transgression of his lips.--For his words, the product of his evil heart, while designed to injure others, often bring the offender himself into trouble (Psalm 7:16), and moreover, as being the true index of the inner life of the soul, are being stored up as a witness against him at the day of judgment" (Matthew 12:37). The "just man," on the contrary, avoids all this "trouble."
