Proverbs 12:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are treacherous.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are right: But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ 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)

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Common English Bible

⁵ The plans of the righteous are just, but the guidance of the wicked is deceptive.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ The thoughts of the just are judgments. And the counsels of the impious are dishonest.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Proverbs 12:5 Cross References

Psalm 119:15

I will meditate on thy precepts, and fix my eyes on thy ways.

Psalm 139:23

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

Proverbs 12:4

A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers men.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of a prudent man is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.

Proverbs 24:9

The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to men.

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

Jeremiah 9:3

They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:5

Every one deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was in a furious rage, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men.

Matthew 26:4

and took counsel together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

1 Corinthians 4:5

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 every man will receive his commendation from God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

We have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.