Proverbs 12:13

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Proverbs 12:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.

12 The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

13 An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

14 By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

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Proverbs 6:2

if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.

Psalms 5:6

You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

Psalms 64:8

They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

Daniel 6:24

At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Matthew 27:25

All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

Genesis 48:16

the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”

2 Samuel 4:9

But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

Psalms 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.

Romans 8:35

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Romans 8:36

As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

Romans 8:37

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

2 Peter 2:9

if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.