Proverbs 12:5

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Cross References

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, 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 mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

2 Corinthians 4:2

but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

Matthew 26:4

and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.

Proverbs 24:9

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

Proverbs 11:23

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

Psalm 119:15

I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.

Proverbs 12:4

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

Jeremiah 9:3

And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 9:5

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