12 For the sins of their mouths,(A)
    for the words of their lips,(B)
    let them be caught in their pride.(C)
For the curses and lies they utter,

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12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

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Blessings crown the head of the righteous,
    but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:6 Or righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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The mouths of fools are their undoing,
    and their lips are a snare(A) to their very lives.(B)

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A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

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