Proverbs 12:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

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  • Prov 14:3 : 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
  • 2 Sam 17:1-4 : 1 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight: 2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike the king only: 3 And I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
  • Esth 4:7-9 : 7 And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and of the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. 8 Also he gave him a copy of the written decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther and explain it to her, and to charge her to go to the king, to plead with him and make a request before him for her people. 9 And Hatach came and reported Mordecai's words to Esther. 10 Again Esther spoke to Hatach, and gave him a command for Mordecai: 11 All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that anyone, whether man or woman, who comes to the king in the inner court without being called, there is but one law to put him to death, unless the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But I have not been called to come to the king these thirty days. 12 And they told Mordecai Esther's words. 13 Then Mordecai instructed them to reply to Esther, "Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king's house more than all the Jews. 14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
  • Esth 7:4-6 : 4 For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to perish. But if we had been sold as slaves, I would have remained silent, although the enemy could not compensate for the king's loss. 5 Then King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, Who is he, and where is he, that dares presume in his heart to do so? 6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
  • Prov 1:11-19 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all kinds of precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; 14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all have one purse," 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path; 16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.
  • Mic 7:1-2 : 1 Woe is me! For I am like when they have gathered the summer fruits, like the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desired the first ripe fruit. 2 The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt each his brother with a net.
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
  • Acts 23:15 : 15 Now therefore, you with the council suggest to the chief captain that he bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more accurately about him; and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 requesting a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the way.

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    11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

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    7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

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    5 The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

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  • Prov 10:30-32
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    6 Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

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    10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright; but the just seek his life.

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    6 Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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

  • Prov 11:8-9
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    8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

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  • Prov 21:18
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    18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12 To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks perverse things;

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    14 The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

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    12 The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

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    7 The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the LORD will abhor the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

  • Prov 1:18
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    18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

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

  • Prov 8:7-8
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    7 For my mouth will speak truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 6:17
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    17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

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

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    3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them.

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    26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

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    2 For behold, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, to secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

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    11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

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    21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

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    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

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    28 An ungodly witness scorns judgment, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

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    12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver, the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

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

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    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

  • Mic 7:2
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    2 The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt each his brother with a net.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4 A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Jer 5:26
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    26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • Prov 1:16
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    16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

  • Mic 6:12
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    12 For the rich men there are full of violence, the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.