Proverbs 12:5 - Tree of Life Version The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The thoughts of the righteous are right: But the counsels of the wicked are deceit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The thoughts and purposes of the [consistently] righteous are honest and reliable, but the counsels and designs of the wicked are treacherous. American Standard Version (1901) The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit. Common English Bible The plans of the righteous are just, but the guidance of the wicked is deceptive. Catholic Public Domain Version The thoughts of the just are judgments. And the counsels of the impious are dishonest. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. |
Search me, O God, and know my heart. Examine me, and know my anxious thoughts,
The desire of the righteous is only good, but the hope of the wicked only wrath.
A virtuous wife is her husband’s crown, but a dishonoring one is like rottenness in his bones.
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
The wisdom of the prudent is to consider his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous one his thoughts, let him return to Adonai, so He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
O Jerusalem, purify your heart from wickedness, so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
Beware, everyone, of your neighbor! Don’t even trust a brother. For every brother grabs like Jacob and every neighbor spreads slander.
“You dwell in the midst of deceit. In deceit they refuse to know Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became furious. And he sent and killed all boys in Bethlehem and in all its surrounding area, from two years old and under, according to the time he had determined from the magi.
They plotted together in order that they might seize Yeshua by stealth and kill Him.
Therefore do not judge anything before the time—wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the things hidden in darkness and also make clear the motives of the hearts. Then the praise for each one will come from God.
Instead, we renounced the hidden shameful ways—not walking in deception or distorting the word of God, but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by the open proclamation of the truth.