New English Translation
Proverbs 12:5
5The plans of the righteous are just; 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
3No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved. 4A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones. The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. 6The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them. 7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:5 word by word
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים מִשְׁפָּ֑ט תַּחְבֻּל֖וֹת רְשָׁעִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:5
- Proverbs 11:23What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.
- Proverbs 24:9A foolish scheme is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people.
- Psalms 119:15I will meditate on your precepts and focus on your behavior.
- Psalms 139:23Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!
- Isaiah 55:7The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
- Jeremiah 4:14“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
- Psalms 12:2People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
- Psalms 36:2for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.
- Psalms 41:6When someone comes to visit, he pretends to be friendly; he thinks of ways to defame me, and when he leaves he slanders me.
- Psalms 140:1O Lord, rescue me from wicked men! Protect me from violent men,
- Matthew 2:3When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Matthew 26:4They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:2But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before 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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