Proverbs 12:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Good people are honest and fair in all they do, but those who are evil lie and cannot be trusted.

Cross References

Isaiah 55:7

Evil people should stop living evil lives. They should stop thinking bad thoughts. They should come to the Lord again, and he will comfort them. They should come to our God because he will freely forgive them.

Psalm 139:23

God, examine me and know my mind. Test me and know all my worries.

Jeremiah 4:14

People of Jerusalem, wash the evil from your hearts. Make your hearts pure so that you can be saved. Don’t continue making evil plans.

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have turned away from secret and shameful ways. We don’t use trickery, and we don’t change the teaching of God. We teach the truth plainly. This is how we show people who we are. And this is how they can know in their hearts what kind of people we are before God.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So don’t judge anyone now. The time for judging will be when the Lord comes. He will shine light on everything that is now hidden in darkness. He will make known the secret purposes of our hearts. Then the praise each person should get will come from God.

Matthew 26:4

In the meeting they tried to find a way to arrest and kill Jesus without anyone knowing what they were doing. They planned to arrest Jesus and kill him.

Matthew 2:16

Herod saw that the wise men had fooled him, and he was very angry. So he gave an order to kill all the baby boys in Bethlehem and the whole area around Bethlehem. Herod had learned from the wise men the time the baby was born. It was now two years from that time. So he said to kill all the boys who were two years old and younger.

Proverbs 24:9

Such foolish plans are wrong, and people have no respect for someone who laughs at what is right.

Proverbs 11:23

What good people want brings more good. What evil people want brings more trouble.

Psalm 119:15

I will study your instructions. I will give thought to your way of life.

Proverbs 12:4

A good wife is like a crown to her husband, but a shameful wife is like a cancer.

Proverbs 12:6

Evil people use their words to hurt others, but the words from good people can save others from danger.

Proverbs 14:8

Wisdom lets smart people know what they are doing, but stupid people only think they know.

Jeremiah 9:3

“They use their tongues like a bow; lies fly from their mouths like arrows. Lies, not truth, have grown strong in this land. They go from one sin to another. They don’t know me.” This is what the Lord said.

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone lies to their neighbor. No one speaks the truth. The people of Judah have taught their tongues to lie. They sinned until they were too tired to come back.