Proverbs 12:13

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lippes: but the iust shall come out of trouble.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will escape from trouble.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
- American Standard Version (1901)

In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.
- Basic English Bible

An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

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

For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil mall: but the just shall escape out of distress.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

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

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

Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 12:13

12:11 Tilleth - That employs his time in an honest calling. Vain persons - In an idle course of living.

12:12 Desireth - He approves those arts, which wicked men use like nets to ensnare other men. The root - That piety, which is the root of his actions, yields him sufficient fruit both for his own need, and to do good to others.

12:14 Mouth - By his pious and profitable discourses. Hands - Of his actions.

12:15 Hearkeneth - That distrusts his own judgments, and seeks counsel from others.