Proverbs 12:6 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 12. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 12:6

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 12:6: In the foregoing verse the thoughts of the wicked and righteous were compared; here their words, and those are as the abundance of the heart is. 1. Wicked people speak mischief to their neighbours; and wicked indeed those are whose words are to lie in wait for blood; their tongues are swords to those that stand in their way, to good men whom they hate and persecute.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 12:6: The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood,.... Which some understand of perjury and false witness, as Jarchi, whereby the lives of innocent persons are taken away: or it may be interpreted either of the smooth words and fair speeches, and secret artifices, antichrist and his emissaries make use of to entrap the innocent, and draw them into their net, to...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 12:6: The words--or, "expressed designs" of the wicked are for evil purposes. the mouth--or, "words" of the righteous delivering instead of ensnaring men.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 12:6: The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. (b) As their conscience is upright, so will they be able to speak for themselves against their accusers.