Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
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- Proverbs 14:3 The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
- Jeremiah 5:26 For wicked men are found among my people. 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’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause. Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit. We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder.