King James Version
Proverbs 12:5
5The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Proverbs 12:5 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The thoughts of the righteous are right, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The plans of the godly are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
Context of Proverbs 12:5
3A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. 4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. 6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. 7The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:5 word by word
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים מִשְׁפָּ֑ט תַּחְבֻּל֖וֹת רְשָׁעִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:5
- Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
- Proverbs 24:9The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
- Psalms 119:15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
- Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
- Psalms 12:2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
- Psalms 36:2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
- Psalms 41:6And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
- Psalms 140:1Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
- Matthew 2:3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Matthew 26:4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
Commentaries on Proverbs 12:5
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5Verse 5 Thoughts are not free; they are under the Divine knowledge, therefore under the Divine command. It is a man's shame to act with deceit, with trick and design.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. thoughts--or, "purposes." are right--literally, "are judgment," that is, true decisions. counsels--(Compare Pr 11:14). deceit--contrary to truth and honesty.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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