Proverbs 12:20

Modern King James Version

Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to counselors of peace there is joy.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 22:4

And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah like the house of Ahab. For they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his ruin.

Psalm 119:118

You have trampled all those who go astray from Your Precepts; for their deceit is falsehood.

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked desires the net of evils; but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

Proverbs 12:19

The lips of truth shall be established forever, but only while I wink is a lying tongue.

Proverbs 12:21

No evil shall happen to the just, but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

Jeremiah 17:16

I have not hurried away from shepherding after You; nor have I desired the woeful day; You surely know the going forth of my lips before Your face.

Daniel 11:27

And both these kings' hearts shall be to do evil, and they shall speak lies at one table. But it shall not succeed. For still the end comes at the time appointed.

Zechariah 6:13

Even He shall build the temple of Jehovah; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne. And He shall be a priest on His throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers! For they shall be called the sons of God.

Romans 1:29

being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; being full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, evil habits, becoming whisperers,

Hebrews 12:14

Follow peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord;