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New King James Version

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are, "Lie in wait for blood," But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Homicide;   Speaking;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Speech/communication;   Uprightness;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Uprightness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Righteousness;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 18;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
The words of the wicked are like a murderous ambush, but the words of the godly save lives.
Update Bible Version
The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
New Century Version
The wicked talk about killing people, but the words of good people will save them.
New English Translation
The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.
Webster's Bible Translation
The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
World English Bible
The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, But the speech of the upright rescues them.
Amplified Bible
The [malevolent] words of the wicked lie in wait for [innocent] blood [to slander], But the mouth of the upright will rescue and protect them.
English Standard Version
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The wordis of wickid men setten tresoun to blood; the mouth of iust men schal delyuere hem.
English Revised Version
The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Berean Standard Bible
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Contemporary English Version
Bad advice is a deadly trap, but good advice is like a shield.
American Standard Version
The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Bible in Basic English
The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.
Complete Jewish Bible
The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Darby Translation
The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Easy-to-Read Version
Evil people use their words to hurt others, but the words from good people can save others from danger.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
King James Version (1611)
The words of the wicked are to lie in waite for blood: but the mouth of the vpright shall deliuer them.
New Life Bible
The words of the sinful lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the faithful will take them away from trouble.
New Revised Standard
The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush, but the speech of the upright delivers them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them.
George Lamsa Translation
The counsel of the wicked is to lie in wait for the shedding of the blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Good News Translation
The words of the wicked are murderous, but the words of the righteous rescue those who are threatened.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The words of the lawless, are - of lying in wait for blood, but, the mouth of the upright, shall deliver them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the just shall deliver them.
Revised Standard Version
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers men.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The talkyng of the vngodly is howe they may lay wayte for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer the.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The words of ungodly men are crafty; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Christian Standard Bible®
The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush,but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Hebrew Names Version
The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, But the speech of the upright rescues them.
King James Version
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Lexham English Bible
The words of the wicked are an ambush of blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
Literal Translation
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Young's Literal Translation
The words of the wicked [are]: `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The talkynge of the vngodly is, how they maye laye wayte for bloude, but the mouth of ye righteous wil delyuer them.
THE MESSAGE
The words of the wicked kill; the speech of the upright saves.
New American Standard Bible
The words of the wicked wait in ambush for blood, But the mouth of the upright will rescue them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.
Legacy Standard Bible
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

Contextual Overview

6 The words of the wicked are, "Lie in wait for blood," But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

words: Proverbs 1:11-19, 2 Samuel 17:1-4, Isaiah 59:7, Jeremiah 5:26, Micah 7:1, Micah 7:2, Acts 23:12, Acts 23:15, Acts 25:3

the mouth: Proverbs 14:3, Esther 4:7-14, Esther 7:4-6

Reciprocal: Psalms 59:3 - they Proverbs 10:32 - but Matthew 12:35 - good man

Cross-References

Genesis 10:15
Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth;
Genesis 12:18
And Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
Genesis 12:19
Why did you say, "She is my sister'? I might have taken her as my wife. Now therefore, here is your wife; take her and go your way."
Genesis 13:7
And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.
Genesis 33:18
Then Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram; and he pitched his tent before the city.
Genesis 34:2
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her.
Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.
Deuteronomy 11:30
Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, toward the setting sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the plain opposite Gilgal, beside the terebinth trees of Moreh?
Joshua 20:7
So they appointed Kedesh in Galilee, in the mountains of Naphtali, Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron) in the mountains of Judah.
Joshua 24:32
The bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in the plot of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of silver, and which had become an inheritance of the children of Joseph.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood,.... Which some understand of perjury and false witness, as Jarchi, whereby the lives of innocent persons are taken away: or it may be interpreted either of the smooth words and fair speeches, and secret artifices, antichrist and his emissaries make use of to entrap the innocent, and draw them into their net, to their ruin; see Psalms 10:7; as the Jews attempted to deal with Christ, Luke 20:20; or of the laws and edicts of the beast, that such should be killed who would not worship his image; and with the blood of these innocent ones the whore of Rome is said to be drunk, Revelation 13:15;

but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them: the innocent laid in wait for; either by their prayers to God, which are of great avail with him, and through whose importunity he will avenge his elect, and deliver them; or through their apologies for them, and defences of them, as in the times of Pagan persecution; or rather through the doctrines of the reformation, whereby many simple and unwary souls were delivered, who were in danger of being ensnared; and whereby the eyes of many princes were opened, and were stirred up to protect those innocent ones, and prevent their blood being shed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall deliver them - i. e., The righteous themselves.


 
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