The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are treacherous.
Proverbs 12:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers men. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. Common English Bible The words of the wicked are a deathtrap, but the speech of those who do right rescues them. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the just shall deliver them. |
The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are treacherous.
The talk of a fool is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
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 highways.
For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.
When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
You therefore, along with the council, give notice now to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”
asking as a favor to have the man sent to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the way.