New American Standard Bible 2020
Proverbs 12:5
5The thoughts of the righteous are just, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Proverbs 12:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- 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.
Context of Proverbs 12:5
3A person will not be established by wickedness, But the root of the righteous will not be moved. 4An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones. The thoughts of the righteous are just, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. 6The words of the wicked wait in ambush for blood, But the mouth of the upright will rescue them. 7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, But the house of the righteous will 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 devising of foolishness is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to humanity.
- Psalms 119:15I will meditate on Your precepts And regard Your ways.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, God, and know my heart; Put me to the test and know my anxious thoughts;
- Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked abandon his way, And the unrighteous person his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
- Jeremiah 4:14Wash your heart from evil, Jerusalem, So that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you?
- Psalms 12:2They speak lies to one another; They speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
- Psalms 36:2For it flatters him in his own eyes Concerning the discovery of his wrongful deed and the hatred of it.
- Psalms 41:6And when he comes to see me, he speaks empty words; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he tells it.
- Psalms 140:1Rescue me, Lord, from evil people; Protect me from violent men
- Matthew 2:3When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Matthew 26:4and they plotted together to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of human hearts; and then praise will come to each person from God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:2but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in trickery nor distorting the word of God, but by the open proclamation of the truth commending ourselves to every person’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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