Proverbs 12:6
Proverbs chapter 12 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
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.
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.