Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.
New American Standard Bible
But 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.
Holman Bible
but the speech of the upright rescues them.
International Standard Version
The words of the wicked lead to bloodshed, but the speech of the upright delivers them.
A Conservative Version
The words of the wicked lay in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
American Standard Version
The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Amplified
The [malevolent] words of the wicked lie in wait for [innocent] blood [to slander],
But the mouth of the upright will rescue and protect them.
Darby Translation
The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Julia Smith Translation
The words of the unjust are the lying in wait of blood: and the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
King James 2000
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The words of the wicked [are] an ambush of blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
Modern King James verseion
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The talking of the ungodly is how they may lay wait for blood; but the mouth of the righteous will deliver them.
NET Bible
The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.
New Heart English Bible
The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
The Emphasized Bible
The words of the lawless, are - of lying in wait for blood, but, the mouth of the upright, shall deliver them.
Webster
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
World English Bible
The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Youngs Literal Translation
The words of the wicked are: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.
Themes
Speech/communication » The mouth of the wicked
Speech/communication » The mouth of the upright
Uprightness » They who walk in, shall » Be delivered by their wisdom
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
5 The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit. 6 The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation. 7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.
2 Samuel 17:1-4
Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:
Esther 4:7-14
And Mordecai gave him an account of what had taken place, and of the amount of money which Haman had said he would put into the king's store for the destruction of the Jews.
Esther 7:4-6
For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.
Proverbs 1:11-19
If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;
Isaiah 59:7
Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
Jeremiah 5:26
For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.
Micah 7:1-2
Sorrow is mine! for I am as when they have got in the summer fruits, like the last of the grapes: there is nothing for food, not even an early fig for my desire.
Acts 23:12
And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.
Acts 23:15
So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death.
Acts 25:3
Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way.