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Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Proverbs 12:5 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 12:5 in other translations
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
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In context
2 A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
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.
7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
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