Proverbs 12:5

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The thoughts of the righteous are right: 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 the 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 thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

2 Corinthians 4:2

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

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

Matthew 26:4

and consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, 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 children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

Proverbs 24:9

The thought of foolishness is sin: And the scorner 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 in thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.

Proverbs 12:4

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are to lie 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 tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:5

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