Proverbs 12:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

Cross References

Psalm 119:15

I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways.

Psalm 139:23

O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

Proverbs 12:4

A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

Proverbs 24:9

The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?

Jeremiah 9:3

Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

Matthew 26:4

And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.

1 Corinthians 4:5

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.