Proverbs 12:6

דִּבְרֵי רְשָׁעִים אֱרָב ־ דָּם וּפִי יְשָׁרִים יַצִּילֵֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

In Context

5מַחְשְׁבוֹת צַדִּיקִים מִשְׁפָּט תַּחְבֻּלוֹת רְשָׁעִים מִרְמָֽה ׃

7הָפוֹךְ רְשָׁעִים וְאֵינָם וּבֵית צַדִּיקִים יַעֲמֹֽד ׃

Read all of Proverbs 12

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:1וַיֹּאמֶר אֲחִיתֹפֶל אֶל ־ אַבְשָׁלֹם אֶבְחֲרָה נָּא שְׁנֵים ־ עָשָׂר אֶלֶף אִישׁ וְאָקוּמָה וְאֶרְדְּפָה אַחֲרֵי ־ דָוִד הַלָּֽיְלָה ׃

Esther 7:4כִּי נִמְכַּרְנוּ אֲנִי וְעַמִּי לְהַשְׁמִיד לַהֲרוֹג וּלְאַבֵּד וְאִלּוּ לַעֲבָדִים וְלִשְׁפָחוֹת נִמְכַּרְנוּ הֶחֱרַשְׁתִּי כִּי אֵין הַצָּר שֹׁוֶה בְּנֵזֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃ ס

Proverbs 14:3בְּֽפִי ־ אֱוִיל חֹטֶר גַּאֲוָה וְשִׂפְתֵי חֲכָמִים תִּשְׁמוּרֵֽם ׃

Jeremiah 5:26כִּי ־ נִמְצְאוּ בְעַמִּי רְשָׁעִים יָשׁוּר כְּשַׁךְ יְקוּשִׁים הִצִּיבוּ מַשְׁחִית אֲנָשִׁים יִלְכֹּֽדוּ ׃

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Proverbs 12:6