Proverbs 12:20

American King James Version (1999)

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 22:4

Why he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.

Psalm 119:118

You have trodden down all them that err from your statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked desires the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

Proverbs 12:19

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Proverbs 12:21

There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

Jeremiah 17:16

As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow you: neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was right before you.

Daniel 11:27

And both of these kings' 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.

Zechariah 6:13

Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on his throne; and he shall be a priest on his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Romans 1:29

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Hebrews 12:14

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: