Proverbs 12:6 - New Revised Standard Version

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

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King 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.

Proverbs 12:6 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.

Proverbs 14:3

The talk of fools is a rod for their backs, but the lips of the wise preserve them.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, desolation and destruction are in their highways.

Jeremiah 5:26

For scoundrels are found among my people; they take over the goods of others. Like fowlers they set a trap; they catch human beings.

Acts 23:12

In the morning the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:15

Now then, you and the council must notify the tribune to bring him down to you, on the pretext that you want to make a more thorough examination of his case. And we are ready to do away with him before he arrives.”

Acts 25:3

and requested, as a favor to them against Paul, to have him transferred to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.