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 to seek good, but the hope of the wicked results in wrath.
Proverbs 24:9
To devise folly is sin, and people detest a scoffer.
Psalm 119:15
I will meditate on your precepts, and I will respect your ways.
Psalm 139:23
Examine me, God, and know my mind, test me, and know my thoughts.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous person his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, So he'll have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he'll pardon abundantly.
Jeremiah 4:14
Jerusalem, wash your evil from your heart so that you may be delivered. How long will you harbor evil schemes within you?
Counsels
Psalm 12:2
Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives.
Psalm 36:2
He flatters himself too much to discover his transgression and hate it.
Psalm 41:6
The one who comes to visit me speaks lies; in his heart he thinks slanderous things about me and goes around spreading them.
Psalm 140:1
Deliver me, LORD, from evil people, preserve me from violent men,
Matthew 2:3
When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, as was all of Jerusalem.
Matthew 26:4
They conspired to arrest Jesus by treachery and to kill him.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore, stop judging prematurely, before the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is now hidden in darkness and reveal the motives of our hearts. Then each person will receive his praise from God.
2 Corinthians 4:2
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.