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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 12) Proverbs 12:6 KJV
"The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them."
Proverbs 12:6 in Context (Verses 3–9 KJV)
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A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
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.
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The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
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The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
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A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.*
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He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.