13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
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Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13)See here, 1. The wicked entangling themselves in trouble by their folly, when God in justice leaves them to themselves. They are often snared by the transgression of their lips and their throats are cut with their own tongues. By speaking evil of dignities they expose themselves to public justice; by giving ill language they become obnoxious to private resentments, are sued for defamation, and act…
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