The thoughts of the righteous are just: But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Proverbs 12:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood: But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. 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: But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation ard destruction are in their paths.
For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
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, or ever he come near, are ready to slay him.
asking favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying wait to kill him on the way.