Proverbs 12:5
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
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Compare
- 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.
- DARBY
- The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- BLB
- The thoughts of the righteous ones [are] justice; the counsels of the wicked ones [are for] deceit.
- ÅB
- De rettferdige tenker bare på det som rett er; de ugudeliges råd er svik.
- OTB
- De rettferdiges tanker er rettferdige, men de ugudeliges råd er svikefulle.
- B1930
- De rettferdige tenker bare på det som rett er; de ugudeliges råd er svik.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Read in contextIsaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Read in contextPsalms 140:1–3
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
Read in contextPsalms 41:6–7
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Read in contextJeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Read in contextPsalms 36:2–4
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
Read in contextProverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Read in contextPsalms 119:15
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
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