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Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked--deceit.
Proverbs 12:5 · Young's Literal Translation
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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 The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
3 A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.
4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked--deceit.
6 The words of the wicked are: `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.
7 Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.
8 According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.
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