Proverbs 12:6
“The words of the wicked are to lie in waite for blood: but the mouth of the vpright shall deliuer them.”
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Proverbs 12:6 Context
4A vertuous woman is a crowne to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed, is as rottennesse in his bones. 5The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. 6The words of the wicked are to lie in waite for blood: but the mouth of the vpright shall deliuer them. 7The wicked are ouerthrowen, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. 8A man shall be commended according to his wisedome: but hee that is of a peruerse heart, shall be despised.
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The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
- King James Version
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)