New American Standard Bible 1995
Proverbs 12:6
Proverbs 12:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
- New International Version (NIV)The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The words of the wicked are, “Lie in wait for blood,” But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.
Context of Proverbs 12:6
4An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones. 5The thoughts of the righteous are just, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, But the mouth of the upright will deliver them. 7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, But the house of the righteous will stand. 8A man will be praised according to his insight, But one of perverse mind will be despised.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:6 word by word
דִּבְרֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֱרָב־דָּ֑ם וּפִ֥י יְ֝שָׁרִ֗ים יַצִּילֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:6
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
- 2 Samuel 17:1Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue David tonight.
- Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
- Jeremiah 5:26For wicked men are found among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch men.
- Micah 7:1Woe is me! For I am Like the fruit pickers, like the grape gatherers. There is not a cluster of grapes to eat, Or a first-ripe fig which I crave.
- Acts 23:12When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
- Acts 25:3requesting a concession against Paul, that he might have him brought to Jerusalem (at the same time, setting an ambush to kill him on the way).
- Esther 4:7Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
- Esther 7:4for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed and to be annihilated. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the trouble would not be commensurate with the annoyance to the king.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 12:6
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6Verse 6 Wicked people speak mischief to their neighbours. A man may sometimes do a good work with one good word.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. The words--or, "expressed designs" of the wicked are for evil purposes. the mouth--or, "words" of the righteous delivering instead of ensnaring men.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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