King James Version
Proverbs 12:6 in the King James Version says “The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.”
Proverbs 12:6 · KJV
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. of a: Heb. perverse of heart
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“for blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
“but the mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
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