Proverbs 12:6
The devarim of the resha'im are to lie in wait for dahm, 1 but the peh (mouth) of the yesharim (upright ones) shall deliver them. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7The resha'im are overthrown, and are no more, 1 but the bais tzaddikim shall stand. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:1Moreover Achitophel said unto Avshalom, Let me now choose out shneym asar elef ish, and I will arise and pursue after Dovid halailah (this night);
Esther 7:4For we are sold, Ani (I) and Ami (my People), to be made shmad, to be slain, and to be annihilated. But if we had been sold for avadim and shfakhot, I would have held my tongue, since then the tzoros would not have been such as to injure the interests of HaMelech.
Proverbs 14:3In the peh (mouth) of the fool is a rod of ga'avah (pride), 1 but the sfatayim (lips) of the chachamim shall be shomer over them and preserve them. 1
Jeremiah 5:26For among Ami are found resha'im; 1 they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; 1 they set a mashkhit (trap), they catch anashim. 1
Acts 23:12In the boker, the Judeans joined in a kesher and bound themselves with a shevu'ah that none of them would eat or drink until they had carried out their plot of retzichah b'seter of Rav Sha'ul.
Acts 25:3Asking a favor from him, that Festus might summon Rav Sha'ul to Yerushalayim, while at the same time they were forming a kesher to kill him along the way.
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 →