Proverbs 12:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive. 3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
  • Ps 36:2-4 : 2 for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin. 3 The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right. 4 He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.
  • Ps 41:6-7 : 6 When someone comes to visit, he pretends to be friendly; he thinks of ways to defame me, and when he leaves he slanders me. 7 All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.
  • Ps 119:15 : 15 I will meditate on your precepts and focus on your behavior.
  • Ps 139:23 : 23 Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!
  • Ps 140:1-3 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. O LORD, rescue me from wicked men! Protect me from violent men, 2 who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict. 3 Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind 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 A foolish scheme is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 The 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.
  • Jer 4:14 : 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?
  • Matt 2:3-8 : 3 When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said,“for it is written this way by the prophet: 6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’” 7 Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 So 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 Cor 4:2 : 2 But 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 12:6-7
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    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.

  • Prov 12:20-21
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    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12The wicked person has desired the stronghold of the wicked, but the root of the righteous will yield fruit.

    13The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous considers 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 LORD abhors the plans of the wicked, but pleasant words are pure.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5The righteous person will reject anything false, but the wicked person will act in shameful disgrace.

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The godly speak wise words and promote justice.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Prov 10:20
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    20What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Job 22:18
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    18But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

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

  • Prov 14:19
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    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The speech of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Ps 37:16
    71%

    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Prov 17:23
    71%

    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Nah 1:11
    71%

    11From you, O Nineveh, one has marched forth who plots evil against the LORD, a wicked military strategist.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

  • Ps 55:11
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    11Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

  • Job 5:13
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    13He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

  • Isa 59:7
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    7They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.