Proverbs 12:5

Modern English Version

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Cross References

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to 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 your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

2 Corinthians 4:2

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

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the purposes of the hearts. Then everyone will have commendation from God.

Matthew 26:4

and took counsel that they might take Jesus covertly and kill Him.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was utterly furious and sent forth and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and the surrounding region, from two years old and under, based on the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

Proverbs 24:9

The devising of folly is sin, and the mocker is an abomination to men.

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of transgressors, only in wrath.

Psalm 119:15

I will meditate on Your precepts, and have respect unto Your ways.

Proverbs 12:4

A virtuous wife is the crown of her husband, but a wife who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright will deliver them.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to consider his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

Jeremiah 9:3

They bend their tongues like their bow; lies and not truth prevail upon the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves in committing iniquity.