Proverbs 12:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

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  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit. 3 The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.
  • Ps 36:2-4 : 2 For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated. 3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good. 4 He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
  • Ps 41:6-7 : 6 If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place. 7 All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.
  • Ps 119:15 : 15 I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways.
  • Ps 139:23 : 23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:
  • Ps 140:1-3 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man: 2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war. 3 Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
  • Prov 11:23 : 23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.
  • Prov 24:9 : 9 The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?
  • Matt 2:3-8 : 3 And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be. 5 And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet, 6 You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel. 7 Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen. 8 And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

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  • Prov 12:6-7
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    6 The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Prov 12:20-21
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    20 Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

    21 No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26 The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12 The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

    13 In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28 The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26 Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

    6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

    32 The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5 The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

    19 So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30 The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6 Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20 The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18 A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

  • Prov 11:3
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    3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

  • Job 22:18
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    18 Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Ps 37:12
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    12 The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6 In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2 A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9 O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16 The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11 The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23 A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2 Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

  • Nah 1:11
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    11 One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • Ps 55:11
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    11 Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2 For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

  • Job 5:13
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    13 He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

  • Isa 59:7
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    7 Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.