Proverbs 12:6

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The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright rescues them.

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  • Prov 14:3 : 3 The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to do evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; ruin and destruction are in their paths.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 Among My people are wicked men. They lie in wait like those who set traps; they set deadly snares to catch people.
  • 2 Sam 17:1-4 : 1 Ahithophel said to Absalom, 'Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight.' 2 I will attack him while he is weary and weak-handed, and I will frighten him. All the people with him will flee, and I will strike down only the king. 3 I will bring back all the people to you, as though everyone returns to the man you seek. Then all the people will be at peace. 4 This plan seemed good in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
  • Esth 4:7-9 : 7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasury for the destruction of the Jews. 8 He also gave him a copy of the text of the decree issued in Susa for their destruction, so that Hathach could show it to Esther and explain it to her, urging her to go to the king, plead for mercy, and intercede for her people. 9 Hathach returned and reported Mordecai’s message to Esther. 10 Then Esther instructed Hathach to respond to Mordecai. 11 ‘All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that for anyone—man or woman—who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned, there is one law: they are to be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter, allowing them to live. But I have not been summoned to come to the king for thirty days.’ 12 When Mordecai was informed of what Esther said, 13 he sent back this reply to her: ‘Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.’ 14 If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows? Perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.
  • Esth 7:4-6 : 4 For my people and I have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I would have remained silent, because no harm to the king would justify disturbing him in this way." 5 King Ahasuerus asked Queen Esther, "Who is he, and where is the one who has dared to do this?" 6 Esther said, "The adversary and enemy is this vile Haman." Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
  • Prov 1:11-19 : 11 If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;' 12 Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive, whole, like those who go down to the pit; 13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder. 14 Cast your lot among us; we will all have one purse. 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths, 16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird, 18 But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. 19 Such are the ways of everyone who gains unjust profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
  • Mic 7:1-2 : 1 Woe is me, for I am like those gathering summer fruit, like those gleaning after the harvest; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that my soul desires. 2 The godly have perished from the land, and there is no upright person among humanity. All of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with nets.
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 When daylight came, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse, declaring that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
  • Acts 23:15 : 15 Now then, you and the council should notify the commander to bring Paul down to you, as though you are going to investigate his case more thoroughly. We are ready to kill him before he gets here.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 They asked him as a favor to transfer Paul to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

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    11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

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  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless makes their path straight, but the wicked fall because of their own wickedness.

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  • Prov 10:30-32
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    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

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  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

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    10Bloodthirsty men hate the blameless, but the upright seek to preserve their life.

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    28The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.

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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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    30The mouth of the righteous person utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

  • Prov 11:8-9
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    8The righteous are rescued from trouble, and the wicked take their place.

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    18The wicked serve as a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous for the upright.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12rescuing you from the way of evil, from anyone who speaks perversely,

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    14The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

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    26The righteous choose their companions wisely, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6The arrogant cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all evildoers.

  • Prov 1:18
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    18But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

  • Prov 8:7-8
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    7For my mouth speaks truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

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    12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

  • Prov 6:17
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    17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

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    21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

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    26The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure to Him.

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    2See how the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

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    11If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;'

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    21They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A worthless witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

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    12A worthless person, a man of wickedness, walks with a corrupt mouth,

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    20The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

  • Rom 3:15
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    15Their feet are swift to shed blood.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

  • Mic 7:2
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    2The godly have perished from the land, and there is no upright person among humanity. All of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with nets.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11May burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

  • Jer 5:26
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    26Among My people are wicked men. They lie in wait like those who set traps; they set deadly snares to catch people.

  • Prov 1:16
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    16For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.

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    12Her rich men are full of violence; her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.