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


In Context

3 A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.

4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.

5 The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked — deceit.

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

7 Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.

8 According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6The words of the wicked are a 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 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.