Proverbs 12:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Deceit is in the mind of those who plan evil, but those who counsel peace have joy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but for the counselors of peace there is joy.

American Standard Version (1901)

Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Common English Bible

Deceit is in the heart of those who plan evil, but there is joy for those who advise peace.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evils. But gladness follows those who take up counsels of peace.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Deceit is in the heart of them that think evil things: but joy followeth them that take counsels of peace.

Proverbs 12:20 Cross References

2 Chronicles 22:4

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his ruin.

Psalm 119:118

You spurn all who go astray from your statutes, for their cunning is in vain.

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked covet the proceeds of wickedness, but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Proverbs 12:21

No harm happens to the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

Jeremiah 17:16

But I have not run away from being a shepherd in your service, nor have I desired the fatal day. You know what came from my lips; it was before your face.

Daniel 11:27

The two kings, their minds bent on evil, shall sit at one table and exchange lies. But it shall not succeed, for there remains an end at the time appointed.

Zechariah 6:13

It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord; he shall bear royal honor and shall sit upon his throne and rule. There shall be a priest by his throne, with peaceful understanding between the two of them.

Matthew 5:9

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Romans 1:29

They were filled with every kind of injustice, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, craftiness, they are gossips,

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.