Proverbs 12:6 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The words of wicked people are a deadly ambush, but the words of decent people rescue. (GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

BBE:

The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

DBY:

The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

The words of the wicked are: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

Proverbs 12:6 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 1:11 If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

Proverbs 1:16 For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.

Proverbs 14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his back, But the lips of the wise will protect them. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:6 The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall {b} deliver them.
(b) As their conscience is upright, so will they be able to speak for themselves against their accusers.

WES:

12:6 Lie in wait - Are designed to entrap others, and to destroy them. Deliver them - From those that lie in wait for them.

MHC:

12:1 Those who have grace, will delight in the instructions given them. Those that stifle their convictions, are like brutes. 2. The man who covers selfish and vicious designs under a profession of religion or friendship, will be condemned. 3. Though men may advance themselves by sinful arts, they cannot settle and secure themselves. But those who by faith are rooted in Christ, are firmly fixed. 4. A wife who is pious, prudent, and looks well to the ways of her household, who makes conscience of her duty, and can bear crosses; such a one is an honour and comfort to her husband. She that is the reverse of this, preys upon him, and consumes him. 5. Thoughts are not free; they are under the Divine knowledge, therefore under the Divine command. It is a man's shame to act with deceit, with trick and design. 6. Wicked people speak mischief to their neighbours. A man may sometimes do a good work with one good word. 7. God's blessing is often continued to the families of godly men, while the wicked are overthrown. 8. The apostles showed wisdom by glorying in shame for the name of Christ. 9. He that lives in a humble state, who has no one to wait upon him, but gets bread by his own labour, is happier than he that glories in high birth or gay attire, and wants necessaries.

CONC:

Blood Deliver Delivereth Delivers Destruction Lay Lie Lying Lying-in-wait Mouth Rescues Salvation Sinners Speech Upright Wait Wicked

Blood Deliver Delivereth Delivers Destruction Lay Lying Mouth Rescues Salvation Sinners Speech Upright Wait Wicked Words

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