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Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Proverbs 12:5 · Darby Bible
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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] obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous 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 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.
7 Overthrow the wicked, and they are no [more]; but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.
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