Proverbs 12:5

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering li and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering li, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
  • Ps 36:2-4 : 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 4 He deviseth mischief 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 vanity: 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 in 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 To the chief Musician, A alm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their li. 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 scorner 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 the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O usalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
  • Matt 2:3-8 : 3 When Herod the king had 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 demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, 6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. 7 Then Herod, when he had privily 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 ye 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 of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, 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 subtilty, and kill him.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, 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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    6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the uight shall deliver them.

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  • Prov 12:20-21
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    20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace is joy.

    21There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

    13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth 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 perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the uight shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

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

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

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

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

    6Righteousness keepeth him that is uight in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

    19As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth 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 hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth 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 little worth.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the uight shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors 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 dwelling of the righteous; spoil 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 driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope 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 before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the uight, he directeth his way.

  • Prov 15:6
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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 obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices 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 trieth the hearts and reins.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The labour of the righteous tendeth 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 covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 21:7
    71%

    7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

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    2Treasures of wickedness ofit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Nah 1:11
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    11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counseller.

  • Prov 2:20
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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: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

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

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Job 5:13
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    13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

  • Isa 59:7
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    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.