Pro 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of {his} lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. {The wicked...: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips}
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Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast {them} into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
{It is} good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Many {are} the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. {grow: Heb. as fishes do increase}
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood {be} on us, and on our children.
Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, {As} the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? {shall} tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. {bloody...: Heb. man of bloods and deceit}
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. {poureth: Heb. belcheth, or, bubbleth}
Death and life {are} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. {to...: or, to edify profitably}
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: {but} he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
A fool's mouth {is} his destruction, and his lips {are} the snare of his soul.
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; {and} with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
{For} the sin of their mouth {and} the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying {which} they speak.
The LORD is known {by} the judgment {which} he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. {Higgaion: that is, Meditation}
{As for} the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
The righteous {is} more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. {excellent: or, abundant}
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites {are} fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, {and} among the Manassites.
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow {him}. {an...: or, an evil speaker (Heb. a man of tongue), a wicked man of violence, be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow}
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
In the transgression of an evil man {there is} a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. {a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips} {fall: Heb. be beaten}