Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
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- Proverbs 14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
- Jeremiah 5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
- Proverbs 1:11–13 If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause; Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit; We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;