Proverbs 12:6

King James Version (KJV)

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

In context

4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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

7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

KJV King James Version: The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
WEB World English Bible: The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
ASV American Standard Version: The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: The words of the wicked [are]: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.
DBY Darby Translation: The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
WBS Webster Bible: The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.