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Proverbs 12:6
6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
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
4A virtuous wife is her husband’s crown, but a dishonoring one is like rottenness in his bones. 5The plans 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 delivers them. 7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the household of the righteous will stand. 8A man is praised according to his insight, but one with a twisted mind is despised.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:6 word by word
דִּבְרֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֱרָב־דָּ֑ם וּפִ֥י יְ֝שָׁרִ֗ים יַצִּילֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:6
- Proverbs 1:11Suppose they say: “Come with us! Let’s lie in wait for blood! Let’s ambush the innocent— for no reason!
- 2 Samuel 17:1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose 12,000 men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight.
- Isaiah 59:7Their feet run after evil. They rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Violence and ruin are on their highways.
- Jeremiah 5:26For among My people are wicked men, watching like bait-layers lying in wait. They set a trap—they catch men.
- Micah 7:1Woe is me! For I am like gatherings of produce in summer, like gleanings of a vineyard. There is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig that I crave.
- Acts 23:12When it was day, the Judean leaders formed a conspiracy. They bound themselves by an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
- Acts 25:3asking a favor—to have Paul sent to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the road.
- Esther 4:7Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, even 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, for destruction, slaughter and annihilation. If we had simply been sold as male and female slaves, I would have remained silent, for such distress would not be worth disturbing 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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