Proverbs 12:6
The words of the lawless, are—of lying in wait for blood, but, the mouth of the upright, shall deliver them.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5The plans of the righteous, are just, but, the counsels of the lawless, are deceitful.
7Overthrown are the lawless and they are not, but, the house of the righteous, shall stand.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:1Then said Ahithophel unto Absolom: I pray thee, let me choose for myself, twelve thousand men, and arise, and pursue David to-night;
Esther 7:4For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain and to be caused to perish. If indeed, for bondmen and for bondwomen, we had been sold, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have made good the damage to the king.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish, is a haughty rod, but, as for the lips of the wise, thou shalt give heed to them!
Jeremiah 5:26For there have been found among my people lawless men,—One lieth in wait, as with the stooping of fowlers, They have set a trap, they capture men:
Acts 23:12And, when it became day, the Jews, forming a conspiracy, bound themselves under a curse, saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had slain Paul.
Acts 25:3asking for themselves as a favour against him, that he would send for him unto Jerusalem,—making, an ambush, to kill him on 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 →