Proverbs 12:5

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

Psalm 12:2-3

They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.

Psalm 36:2-4

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

Psalm 41:6-7

And if he comes to see [me], he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

Psalm 119:15

I will meditate on thy precepts, and have respect for thy ways.

Psalm 139:23

Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts,

Psalm 140:1-3

Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man,

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Proverbs 24:9

The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to LORD, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Matthew 2:3-8

And Herod the king having heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was scorned by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and having sent forth, he killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all the borders of it, from two years old and under, according to the time that

Matthew 26:4

and they deliberated so that they might take Jesus by trickery, and kill him.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not judge anything before time, until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make public the deliberations of the hearts. And then praise will come to each man from God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Thoughts

Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs 24:9
The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Psalm 119:15
I will meditate on thy precepts, and have respect for thy ways.
Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts,
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to LORD, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Counsels

Psalm 12:2
They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.
Psalm 36:2
For he flatters himself in his own eyes, that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
Psalm 41:6
And if he comes to see [me], he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
Psalm 140:1
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man,
Matthew 2:3
And Herod the king having heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Matthew 26:4
and they deliberated so that they might take Jesus by trickery, and kill him.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore do not judge anything before time, until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make public the deliberations of the hearts. And then praise will come to each man from God.
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.