Proverbs 12:6
What does Proverbs 12:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 12:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The words of the wicked <FI>are<Fi> : `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the just shall deliver them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
- Jeremiah 5:26
For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
- Isaiah 59:7
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
- Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod forhispride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
- Esther 4:7
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
- Acts 23:15
Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.
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