Proverbs 12:6 - New Revised Standard Version

⁶ The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush, but the speech of the upright delivers them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them and the innocent ones [thus endangered].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Common English Bible

⁶ The words of the wicked are a deathtrap, but the speech of those who do right rescues them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ The words of the impious lie in wait for blood. The mouth of the just shall free them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the just shall deliver them.

Proverbs 12:6 Cross References

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.

Proverbs 14:3

The talk of fools is a rod for their backs, but the lips of the wise preserve them.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, desolation and destruction are in their highways.

Jeremiah 5:26

For scoundrels are found among my people; they take over the goods of others. Like fowlers they set a trap; they catch human beings.

Acts 23:12

In the morning the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:15

Now then, you and the council must notify the tribune to bring him down to you, on the pretext that you want to make a more thorough examination of his case. And we are ready to do away with him before he arrives.”

Acts 25:3

and requested, as a favor to them against Paul, to have him transferred to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.