Proverbs 12:13

Proverbs 12:13 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

13Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,

and so the innocent escape trouble.

13 An evil person is ensnared by the offense of his lips,

But the righteous will escape from trouble.

13An evil man is [dangerously] ensnared by the transgression of his lips,

But the righteous will escape from trouble.

13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech,

but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

13In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man;

But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

13The euill man is snared by the wickednesse of his lips, but the iust shall come out of aduersitie.

13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips,

but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

13Those who do evil are trapped by their sinful talk.

But those who have done no wrong escape trouble.

13The lies of evil people put them in trouble.

But righteous people escape from trouble.

13The snare of the wicked [is] in transgression of the lips, || And the righteous goes out from distress.