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Proverbs 12:6
The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them.
Proverbs 12:6 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 12:6 in other translations
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
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In context
3 A man cannot be established by wickednesse: but the roote of the righteous shall not be mooued.
4 A vertuous woman is the crowne of her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed, is as corruption in his bones.
5 The thoughtes of the iust are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitfull.
6 The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them.
7 God ouerthroweth the wicked, and they are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended for his wisedome: but the froward of heart shalbe despised.
9 He that is despised, and is his owne seruant, is better then he that boasteth himselfe and lacketh bread.
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