Proverbs 12:20

A Conservative Version

Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but joy is to the counselors of peace.

Cross References

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.

Zechariah 6:13

even he shall build the temple of LORD. And he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne. And he shall be a priest upon his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Proverbs 12:12

A wicked man desires the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous gives.

Romans 1:29

having been filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity;

Jeremiah 17:16

As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee, nor have I desired the woeful day. Thou know. That which came out of my lips was before thy face.

2 Chronicles 22:4

And he did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, as did the house of Ahab. For they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

Proverbs 12:19

The lips of truth shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Proverbs 12:21

There shall no mischief happen to a righteous man, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

Psalm 119:118

Thou have set at nothing all those who err from thy statutes, for their deceit is falsehood.

Daniel 11:27

And as for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table. But it shall not prosper, for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.