The thoughts of the just are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

The talking of the wicked is to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will [a]deliver them.

God overthroweth the wicked, and they are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:6 As their conscience is upright, so shall they be able to speak for themselves against their accusers.

The plans of the righteous are just,
    but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
    but the speech of the upright rescues them.(A)

The wicked are overthrown and are no more,(B)
    but the house of the righteous stands firm.(C)

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