"The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them."
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Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.
The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, But the speech of the upright rescues them.
The words of the wicked `are': `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.