Proverbs 12:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

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  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:
  • Ps 36:2-4 : 2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity is found to be hateful. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good. 4 He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.
  • Ps 41:6-7 : 6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks vain things; his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes out, he tells it. 7 All who hate me whisper together against me; they devise my harm against me.
  • Ps 119:15 : 15 I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways.
  • Ps 139:23 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts;
  • Ps 140:1-3 : 1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man; 2 Who devise mischiefs in their hearts; continually they gather together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues 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; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you?
  • Matt 2:3-8 : 3 When King Herod heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where Christ should be born. 5 And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet, 6 And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a Governor who shall rule my people Israel. 7 Then Herod, when he had privately called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth and killed all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all its coasts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by stealth, and kill him.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts; and then each person will receive praise from God.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But have renounced the hidden things of shame, 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 12:6-7
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    6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

    7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

  • Prov 12:20-21
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    79%

    20Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to the counselors of peace there is joy.

    21No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 21:12
    77%

    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    77%

    12The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

    13The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will come out of trouble.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

  • Prov 11:23
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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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    26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but transgressors shall be captured by their own evil.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversity.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    74%

    5A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

    19As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 12:15
    73%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20The tongue of the just is as choice silver, the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18A heart that devises wicked imaginations, 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 crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • Job 22:18
    72%

    18Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Ps 37:12
    72%

    12The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

  • Prov 14:19
    72%

    19The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he directs his way.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 21:7
    71%

    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Ps 37:16
    71%

    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Prov 17:23
    71%

    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Nah 1:11
    71%

    11There is one come out from you, who imagines evil against the LORD, a wicked counselor.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Ps 55:11
    71%

    11Wickedness is in the midst of it; deceit and guile do not depart from its streets.

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

  • Prov 24:2
    71%

    2For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Job 5:13
    71%

    13He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end.

  • Isa 59:7
    71%

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