Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Psalm 12:2-3

Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 36:2-4

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

Psalm 41:6-7

And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

Psalm 119:15

I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your 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 evil men; preserve me from violent men,

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

Proverbs 24:9

The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?

Matthew 2:3-8

When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

Matthew 26:4

and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of 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 ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
Proverbs 24:9
The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
Psalm 119:15
I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.
Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
Isaiah 55:7
let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?

Counsels

Psalm 12:2
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Psalm 36:2
For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
Psalm 41:6
And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
Psalm 140:1
Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,
Matthew 2:3
When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
Matthew 26:4
and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

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