Proverbs 12:6

Modern English Version

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright will deliver them.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Proverbs 14:3

From the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.

Jeremiah 5:26

For among My people are found wicked men. They lie in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Acts 23:12

At daybreak some of the Jews conspired under oath, saying they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:15

So now, with the Sanhedrin, tell the commander to bring him down to you tomorrow, pretending to inquire further concerning him. We are ready to kill him before he arrives.”

Acts 25:3

asking as a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him along the way.