Proverbs 12:13
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For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress.

Proverbs 6:2 Do, therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver thyself: because thou art fallen into the hand of thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up thy friend:

Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.

Proverbs 18:6,7 The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels. . . .

1 Kings 2:23 Then king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying: So and so may God do to me, and add more, if Adonias hath not spoken this word against his own life.

Psalm 5:6 Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor.

Psalm 64:8 And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

Daniel 6:24 And by the king's commandment, those men were brought that had accused Daniel: and they were cast into the lions' den, they and their children, and their wives: and they did not reach the bottom of the den, before the lions caught them, and broke all their bones in pieces.

Matthew 27:25 And the whole people answering, said: His blood be upon us and upon our children.

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Proverbs 11:8 The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his friend: but the just shall be delivered by knowledge.

Genesis 48:16 The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.

2 Samuel 4:9 But David answered Rechab, and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress,

Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.

Ecclesiastes 7:18 It is good that thou shouldst hold up the just, yea and from him withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God, neglecteth nothing.

Romans 8:35-37 Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation? Or distress? Or famine? Or nakedness? Or danger? Or persecution? Or the sword? . . .

2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from temptation, but to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be tormented:

Context
Loving Discipline and Knowledge
12The desire of the wicked is the fortification of evil men: but the root of the just shall prosper. 13For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress.14By the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good things, and according to the works of his hands it shall be repaid him.…
Cross References
2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from temptation, but to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be tormented:

Psalm 59:12
For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride. And for their cursing and lying they shall be talked of,

Psalm 64:8
And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

Proverbs 11:8
The dissembler with his mouth deceiveth his friend: but the just shall be delivered by knowledge.

Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.

Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.

Proverbs 21:23
He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from distress.

Lexicon
An evil
רָ֑ע (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

man is trapped
מוֹקֵ֣שׁ (mō·w·qêš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4170: A bait or lure, a snare

by his rebellious
בְּפֶ֣שַׁע (bə·p̄e·ša‘)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6588: Transgression

speech,
שְׂ֭פָתַיִם (p̄ā·ṯa·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 8193: The lip, language, a margin

but a righteous man
צַדִּֽיק׃ (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6662: Just, righteous

escapes
וַיֵּצֵ֖א (way·yê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

from trouble.
מִצָּרָ֣ה (miṣ·ṣā·rāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6869: Tightness, a female rival


Additional Translations
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

For the sin of his lips a sinner falls into snare; but a righteous man escapes from them. He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied, but he that contends in the gates will afflict souls.

In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous [man] shall go forth out of trouble.

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man: but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.
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