Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: 1 But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. 1
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In Context
5The thoughts of the righteous are right: 1 But the counsels of the wicked are deceit. 1
7The wicked are overthrown, and are not: 1 But the house of the righteous shall stand. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:1Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
Esther 7:4for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: 1 But the lips of the wise shall preserve them. 1
Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Acts 23:12And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Acts 25:3and desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:6
5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. Note, 1. The word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, and judges them. We mistake if we imagine that thoughts are free. No, they are under the divine cognizance, and therefore under the divine command. 2. We ought to be observers of the thoughts and intents of our own hearts, and to judge of ourselves by them; for they are the first-born of the soul, that have most of its image undisguised. Right… Read the whole commentary →