Proverbs 12:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The thoughts of the righteous are right: But the counsels of the wicked are deceit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The thoughts and purposes of the [consistently] righteous are honest and reliable, but the counsels and designs of the wicked are treacherous. American Standard Version (1901) The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit. Common English Bible The plans of the righteous are just, but the guidance of the wicked is deceptive. Catholic Public Domain Version The thoughts of the just are judgments. And the counsels of the impious are dishonest. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. |
The desire of the righteous ends only in good, the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush, but the speech of the upright delivers them.
It is the wisdom of the clever to understand where they go, but the folly of fools misleads.
let the wicked forsake their way and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
O Jerusalem, wash your heart clean of wickedness so that you may be saved. How long shall your evil schemes lodge within you?
They bend their tongues like bows; they have grown strong in the land for falsehood and not for truth, for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the Lord.
They all deceive their neighbors, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongues to speak lies; they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent.
When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the magi.
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.
We have renounced the shameful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.