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Commentary for Proverbs 12:6

דִּבְרֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֱרָב־דָּ֑ם וּפִ֥י יְ֝שָׁרִ֗ים יַצִּילֵֽם׃

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. .

Rashi on Proverbs

The words of the wicked are to lurk for blood They take counsel to murder directly or through false testimony.
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Rashi on Proverbs

but the mouth of the upright when they hear [the wicked’s] counsel, will save the victims, for they will reveal [the wicked’s] plot, or if they are witnesses, [the upright] will prove them to be collusive.
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