Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
New American Standard Bible
But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
King James Version
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Holman Bible
but guidance from the wicked leads to deceit.
International Standard Version
The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
A Conservative Version
The thoughts of the righteous are just. The counsels of the wicked are deceit.
American Standard Version
The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Amplified
The thoughts and purposes of the [consistently] righteous are just (honest, reliable),
But the counsels and schemes of the wicked are deceitful.
Bible in Basic English
The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.
Julia Smith Translation
The purposes of the just are judgment: the guidance of the unjust, deceit
King James 2000
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
Modern King James verseion
The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the imagination of the ungodly are deceitful.
NET Bible
The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
New Heart English Bible
The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
The Emphasized Bible
The plans of the righteous, are just, but, the counsels of the lawless, are deceitful.
Webster
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
World English Bible
The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
Youngs Literal Translation
The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked -- deceit.
Themes
Counsel » The counsels of the wicked
Deceit » The wicked full of » Their counsels
Deception » What is deceit/deceitful
Righteousness » They who walk in and follow » Think and desire good
Topics
Interlinear
Machashabah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
4 A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. 5 The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit. 6 The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Cross References
Psalm 12:2-3
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.
Psalm 36:2-4
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, even when his iniquity is found to be hateful.
Psalm 41:6-7
And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Psalm 119:15
I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.
Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;
Psalm 140:1-3
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Free me, O Jehovah, 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 purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 4:14
Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Matthew 2:3-8
But Herod the king having heard of it, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi.
Matthew 26:4
and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;
1 Corinthians 4:5
So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God.
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.