Proverbs 12:6

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Proverbs 12:5

The plans of the just are right; the designs of the wicked are deceit.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of the fool is a rod for pride, but the lips of the wise preserve them.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness, violence and destruction are on their highways.

Jeremiah 5:26

For criminals lurk among my people; like fowlers they set traps, but it is human beings they catch.

Acts 23:12

When day came, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:15

You, together with the Sanhedrin, must now make an official request to the commander to have him bring him down to you, as though you meant to investigate his case more thoroughly. We on our part are prepared to kill him before he arrives.”

Acts 25:3

as a favor to have him sent to Jerusalem, for they were plotting to kill him along the way.