Proverbs 12:5

A Conservative Version

The thoughts of the righteous are just. The counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Cross References

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to LORD, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Psalm 139:23

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

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou may be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not judge anything before time, until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make public the deliberations of the hearts. And then praise will come to each man from God.

Matthew 26:4

and they deliberated so that they might take Jesus by trickery, and kill him.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was scorned by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and having sent forth, he killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all the borders of it, from two years old and under, according to the time that

Proverbs 24:9

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

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Psalm 119:15

I will meditate on thy precepts, and have respect for thy ways.

Proverbs 12:4

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked lay in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Proverbs 14:8

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

Jeremiah 9:3

And they bend their tongue--their bow--for falsehood, and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says LORD.

Jeremiah 9:5

And they will deceive each one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves to commit iniquity.