Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the imagination of the ungodly are deceitful.
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.
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.
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 steadfast woman is a crown unto her husband; but she that behaveth herself dishonestly is a corruption in his bones. 5 The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the imagination of the ungodly are deceitful. 6 The talking of the ungodly is how they may lay wait for blood; but the mouth of the righteous will deliver them.
Cross References
Psalm 12:2-3
They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour; they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart.
Psalm 36:2-4
For he flattereth himself in his own sight, until his abominable sin be found out.
Psalm 41:6-7
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity, and his heart conceiveth falsehood within himself; and when he cometh forth, he telleth it.
Psalm 119:15
I will exercise myself in thy commandments, and have respect unto thy footpaths.
Psalm 139:23
Try me, O God, and seek the ground of mine heart; prove me, and examine my thoughts.
Psalm 140:1-3
{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Deliver me, o LORD, from the evil men, and preserve me from the wicked men,
Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous is acceptable; but the hope of the ungodly is indignation.
Proverbs 24:9
The thought of the foolish is sin, and the scornful is an abomination unto men.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the ungodly man forsake his ways and the unrighteous his imaginations, and turn again unto the LORD: so shall he be merciful unto him; and to our God, for he is ready to forgive.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be helped. How long shall thy noisesome thoughts remain with thee?
Matthew 2:3-8
When Herod the king had heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, perceiving that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, as many as were two years old and under according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the wise men.
Matthew 26:4
and held a counsel, how they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, which will lighten things that are hid in darkness: and open the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise of God.
2 Corinthians 4:2
but have cast from us the cloaks of unhonesty, and walk not in craftiness, neither corrupt we the word of God: but walk in open truth, and report ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.