Proverbs 12:6

In 11 translations

BSB

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

KJV

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

WEB

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

ASV

The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

LSV

The words of the wicked [are]: “Lay [in] wait for blood,” || And the mouth of the upright delivers them.

YLT

The words of the wicked [are]: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

DBY

The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

DRC

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the just shall deliver them.

GNV

The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them.

JPS

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

LXXE

The words of ungodly men are crafty; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

דִּבְרֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֱרָב־דָּ֑ם וּפִ֥י יְ֝שָׁרִ֗ים יַצִּילֵֽם׃

LXX-Br

Λόγοι ἀσεβῶν δόλιοι, στόμα δὲ ὀρθῶν ῥύσεται αὐτούς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 14:3The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
• Jeremiah 5:26For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
• Proverbs 1:11–19If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. We will find all manner of precious…
• Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
• Esther 7:4–6For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening…
• Acts 23:15Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”
• 2 Samuel 17:1–4Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with…
• Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
• Esther 4:7–14and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews. Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the…
• Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
• Micah 7:1–2Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave. The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men.…

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