Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Cross References (11)

  • Proverbs 14:3 (9)

    The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Jeremiah 5:26 (3)

    For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

  • Proverbs 1:11–19 (2)

    If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

  • Isaiah 59:7 (2)

    Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction

  • Esther 7:4–6 (1)

    For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservant

  • 2 Samuel 17:1–4 (1)

    Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

  • Acts 23:15 (1)

    Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case mor

  • Acts 23:12 (1)

    When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had ki

  • Esther 4:7–14 (1)

    and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay i

  • Micah 7:1–2 (0)

    Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no earl

  • Acts 25:3 (0)

    to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him