Proverbs 12:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are right-ruling, The counsels of the wrong are deceit.

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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.

Proverbs 12:5 Cross References

Psalm 119:15

I meditate on Your orders, And regard Your ways.

Psalm 139:23

Search me, O Ě

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous is only good, The expectancy of the wrong is wrath.

Proverbs 12:4

A capable wife is the crown of her husband, But one causing shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wrong are, “Lie in wait for blood,” But the mouth of the straight delivers them.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the clever is to understand His way, But the folly of fools is deceit.

Proverbs 24:9

The purpose of folly is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wrong forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to יהוה, who has compassion on him, and to our Elohim, for He pardons much.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Yerushalayim, wash your heart from evil, and be saved. Till when would your wicked thoughts remain within you?

Jeremiah 9:3

“And they bend their tongue like a bow. Falsehood, and not truth, prevails on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they have not known Me,” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 9:5

“And everyone deceives his neighbour, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, and have wearied themselves to crook.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herodes, having seen that he was fooled by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and he sent forth and slew all the male children in Bĕ

Matthew 26:4

and plotted to seize יהושע  by trickery and kill Him.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So do not judge any at all before the time, until the Master comes, who shall bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the thoughts of the hearts. And then each one’s praise shall come from Elohim.

2 Corinthians 4:2

but have renounced the secret ways of shame, not walking in craftiness nor falsifying the Word of Elohim, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves to every human conscience, in the sight of Elohim.