6The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.


In Context

3 A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

4 A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

5 The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

6 The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

7 Overthrow the wicked, and they are no more; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

8 A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.

Proverbs 12:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:6The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the just shall deliver them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:6The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:6The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6The words of the wicked are: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.