A moment in scripture
Proverbs 12:6
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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 surrounding passage
- Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
- Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- Proverbs 12:7
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
- Proverbs 12:8
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.