Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
The thoughts of the righteous are just; But 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.
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.
Darby Translation
The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked 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 worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. 5 The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit. 6 The words of the wicked are of 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 neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
Psalm 36:2-4
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
Psalm 41:6-7
And if he come to see me , he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Psalm 119:15
I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto 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 Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man:
Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs 24:9
The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer 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
O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
Matthew 2:3-8
And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.
Matthew 26:4
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.
2 Corinthians 4:2
but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.