Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
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- Proverbs 14:3 The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
- Jeremiah 5:26 For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
- Proverbs 1:11–13 If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.