SinaiProverbs 12:6
American Standard Version
The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
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Proverbs 12:6 in other translations
The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood,
but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Proverbs 12:6 in context
- 4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
- 5The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- 6The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
- 7The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.
- 8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.