Proverbs 12:20 - Easy To Read Version

²⁰ Evil people always want to cause trouble. But people who work for peace will be happy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but for the counselors of peace there is joy.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of those who plan evil, but there is joy for those who advise peace.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evils. But gladness follows those who take up counsels of peace.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of them that think evil things: but joy followeth them that take counsels of peace.

Proverbs 12:20 Tagairtí Cros

2 Chronicles 22:4

Ahaziah did evil things in the Lord’s sight. That is what Ahab’s family did. Ahab’s family gave advice to Ahaziah after Ahaziah’s father died. They gave Ahaziah bad advice. That bad advice led to his death.

Psalm 119:118

Lord, you turn away every person\par who breaks your laws.\par Why? Because those people lied\par when they agreed to follow you.\par

Proverbs 12:12

Evil people always want to find wrong things to do. But good people have strength that goes deep like roots.

Proverbs 12:19

If a person tells a lie, then those words are wasted quickly. But the truth will live forever.

Proverbs 12:21

Good people will be kept safe by the Lord. But evil people will have many troubles.

Jeremiah 17:16

Lord, I did not run away from you.\par I followed you.\par I became the shepherd {\cf2\super [140]} you wanted.\par I did not want the terrible day to come.\par Lord, you know the things I said.\par You see all that is happening.\par

Daniel 11:27

Those two kings will have their hearts set on hurting each other. They will sit at the same table and lie to each other, but it will not do either one any good. Why? Because God has set a time for their end to come.

Zechariah 6:13

He will build the Lord’s temple,\par and he will receive the honor.\par He will sit on his throne\par and be the ruler.\par And a priest will stand by his throne.\par These two men will work together in peace.\par

Matthew 5:9

What great blessings there are for the people that work to bring peace!\par God will call them his sons and daughters.\par

Romans 1:29

Those people are filled with every kind of sin, evil, greed, and hatred. Those people are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, lying, and thinking the worst things about each other. Those people gossip

Hebrews 12:14

Try to live in peace with all people. And try to live lives free from sin. If a person’s life is not holy, {\cf2\super [160]} then he will never see the Lord.