Proverbs 12:13

“The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips, etc.] A wicked man often brings himself into trouble by giving his tongue too great a liberty, and by making free with the characters of others; sometimes by treasonable speeches against his sovereign; sometimes by bearing false Witness, and by lies and perjuries, of which he is convicted in open court; and by calumnies, reproaches, detraction, and scandal raised by him, and cast on his neighbour, who sues him for these things: or “in the transgression of the lips [is] an evil snare”; or “the snare of an evil man”f336; by the wicked things they say they lay a snare for others, which the simple and incautious are taken in; so heretics…”

“The wicked is snared, &c.--The sentiment expanded. While the wicked, such as liars, flatterers, &c., fall by their own words, the righteous are unhurt. Their good conduct makes friends, and God rewards them.”

“wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: Heb. snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips, Pro 6:2, Pro 15:2, Pro 18:6, Pro 18:7; Kg1 2:23; Psa 5:6, Psa 64:8; Dan 6:24; Mat 27:25 but: Pro 11:8; Gen 48:16; Sa2 4:9; Psa 34:19; Ecc 7:18; Rom 8:35-37; Pe2 2:9 Proverbs 12:14”

“Proverbs regarding injurious and beneficial words, wise hearing and prudent silence. 13 In the transgression of the lips there lies a dangerous snare; The righteous escapeth from trouble. The consecutive modus (ויּצא) is here of greater weight than e.g., at Pro 11:8, where the connection follows without it (ויּבא) from the idea of the change of place. The translation: but the righteous ... restores ויצא (ויצא), and ignores the syllogistic relation of the members of the proverb, which shows itself here (cf. the contrary, Pro 11:9) to a certain degree by ויּצא. Ewald displaces this relation, for he paraphrases: "any one may easily come into great danger by means of inconsiderate words; yet it…”