Proverbs 12:6

New King James Version

The words of the wicked are, “Lie in wait for blood,” But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, But the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Jeremiah 5:26

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

Isaiah 59:7

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

Acts 23:15

Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to make further inquiries concerning him; but we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

Acts 25:3

asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem—while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him.

Acts 23:12

And when it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are right, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.