Proverbs 12:5

American Standard Version (1901)

The thoughts of the righteous are just; [But] the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. 3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
  • Ps 36:2-4 : 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good. 4 He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.
  • Ps 41:6-7 : 6 And if he come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 7 All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.
  • Ps 119:15 : 15 I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
  • Ps 139:23 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
  • Ps 140:1-3 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man: 2 Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {{Selah
  • Prov 11:23 : 23 The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
  • Prov 24:9 : 9 The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
  • Matt 2:3-8 : 3 And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born. 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written through the prophet, 6 And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, art in no wise least among the princes of Judah: for out of thee shall come forth a governor, who shall be shepherd of my people Israel. 7 Then Herod privily called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye have found [him], bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

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    6The words of the wicked are of lying 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.

  • Prov 12:20-21
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    20Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

    21There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

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    26The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit] .

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    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

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    23The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant words [are] pure.

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    5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

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  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

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    31The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

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  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

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    18The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness [hath] a sure reward.

    19He that is stedfast in righteousness [shall attain] unto life; And he that pursueth evil [doeth it] to his own death.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

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    30The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20The tongue of the righteous is [as] choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Job 22:18
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    18Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

  • Ps 37:12
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    12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 29:7
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  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

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    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

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    16The labor of the righteous [tendeth] to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

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    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Nah 1:11
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    11There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.

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    20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Ps 55:11
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    11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

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    2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

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    13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

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    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.