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Proverbs 12:13

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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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  1. Proverbs 21:23Rank 1 from verse 13
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    23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

  2. Proverbs 11:8Rank 2 from verse 13
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    8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

  3. Psalms 64:8Rank 3 from verse 13
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    8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

  4. Daniel 6:24Rank 4 from verse 13
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    24¶ 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.

  5. Proverbs 6:2Rank 5 from verse 13
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    2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

  6. 2 Peter 2:9Rank 6 from verse 13
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    9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

  7. Ecclesiastes 7:18Rank 7 from verse 13
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    18It 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.

  8. Proverbs 18:6–7Rank 8 from verse 13
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    6A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

    7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

  9. 1 Kings 2:23Rank 9 from verse 13
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    23Then 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.

  10. 2 Samuel 4:9Rank 10 from verse 13
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    9¶ 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,

  11. Genesis 48:16Rank 11 from verse 13
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    16The 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.

  12. Matthew 27:25Rank 12 from verse 13
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    25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

  13. Proverbs 15:2Rank 13 from verse 13
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    2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

  14. Psalms 34:19Rank 14 from verse 13
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    19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

  15. Psalms 5:6Rank 15 from verse 13
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    6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

  16. Romans 8:35–37Rank 16 from verse 13
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    35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

    36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

    37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

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Proverbs 12:13

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snared

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1. Caught or trapped in a snare. 2. Figuratively entangled or brought into binding danger or difficulty.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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transgression

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The act of passing beyond or violating a law, command, or rule of duty; an offense, fault, or sin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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lips

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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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trouble

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Sense 1: Disturbance, affliction, distress, vexation, or difficulty. Sense 2: To disturb, distress, afflict, or inconvenience.

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12:12The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

12:13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

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12:14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

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