Proverbs 12:5

In 11 translations

BSB

The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

KJV

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

WEB

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

ASV

The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

LSV

The thoughts of the righteous [are] justice, || The counsels of the wicked—deceit.

YLT

The thoughts of the righteous [are] justice, The counsels of the wicked — deceit.

DBY

The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

DRC

The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

GNV

The thoughtes of the iust are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitfull.

JPS

The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

LXXE

The thoughts of the righteous are true judgments; but ungodly men devise deceits.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים מִשְׁפָּ֑ט תַּחְבֻּל֖וֹת רְשָׁעִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Λογισμοὶ δικαίων κρίματα, κυβερνῶσι δὲ ἀσεβεῖς δόλους.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
• Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
• Psalms 140:1–3Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence, who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long. They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
• Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
• Psalms 119:15I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
• Psalms 41:6–7My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad. All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
• Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had…
• 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise…
• 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in…
• Psalms 36:2–4For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin. The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a…
• Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
• Matthew 2:3–8When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. “In Bethlehem in…
• Psalms 12:2–3They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
• Matthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
• Proverbs 24:9A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.

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