Proverbs 12:5

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“The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.”

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BSBPD

“The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The thoughts of the righteous are just; Butthe counsels of the wicked are deceit.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The thoughts of the righteous <FI>are<Fi> justice, The counsels of the wicked--deceit.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 12:5 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
  2. Psalms 36:2For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
  3. Psalms 41:6My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
  4. Psalms 119:15I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
  5. Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
  6. Psalms 140:1Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
  7. Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
  8. Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
  9. Proverbs 24:9A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
  10. Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
  11. Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
  12. Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
  13. Jeremiah 9:5Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
  14. Matthew 2:3When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
  15. Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
  16. Matthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
  17. 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
  18. 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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