Cross references
Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Proverbs 12:6 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 14:3 (9 votes) and Jeremiah 5:26 (3 votes). 6 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from 2 Samuel 17 to Acts 25.
Which verses does Proverbs 12:6 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Proverbs 14:39 votes
The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
- Jeremiah 5:263 votes
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
- Proverbs 1:11–192 votes
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. …
- Isaiah 59:72 votes
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
- 2 Samuel 17:1–41 vote
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king …
- Esther 4:7–141 vote
and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews. Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people. …
- Esther 7:4–61 vote
For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.” Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?” …
- Acts 23:121 vote
When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
- Acts 23:151 vote
Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”
- Micah 7:1–20 votes
Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave. The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
- Acts 25:30 votes
Which verses point to Proverbs 12:6?
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