For the sin of [his] lips a sinner falls into snares; 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.
LXX2012
Proverbs 12:13
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.
Parallel Translations
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.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:23Proverbs 11:8Psalms 64:8Proverbs 6:2Daniel 6:24Proverbs 18:6–72 Peter 2:9Ecclesiastes 7:18Romans 8:35–37Psalms 34:19Genesis 48:161 Kings 2:232 Samuel 4:9Psalms 5:6Matthew 27:25
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