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Proverbs 12:6

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

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ASV

The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

KJV

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

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7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
דִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.Rei[the] words ofH1697 →
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563 →
אֱרָב־'e.rov-[are] to lie in wait forH693 →
דָּ֑םDambloodH1818 →
וּפִ֥יu.Fiand [the] mouth ofH6310 →
יְ֝שָׁרִ֗יםye.sha.Rimupright [people]H3477 →
יַצִּילֵֽם׃ya.tzi.Lemit delivers themH5337 →

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Proverbs 14:3The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.Matthew 12:35The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,Proverbs 10:32The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.Jeremiah 5:26For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.Proverbs 1:11–19If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.Esther 4:7–14and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.Esther 7:4–6For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”Acts 23:15Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”2 Samuel 17:1–4Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.Micah 7:1–2Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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