Proverbs 12:5 · KJV
“The thoughts of the righteous {are} right: {but} the counsels of the wicked {are} deceit.”
— Proverbs 12:5
A virtuous woman {is} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed {is} as rottenness in his bones.
The words of the wicked {are} to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Proverbs 12 — Context
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4A virtuous woman {is} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed {is} as rottenness in his bones.
5The thoughts of the righteous {are} right: {but} the counsels of the wicked {are} deceit.
6The words of the wicked {are} to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7The wicked are overthrown, and {are} not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Cross References
Psalms 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. {the unrighteous...: Heb. the man of iniquity} {abundantly...: Heb. multiply to pardon}
Psalms 140:1-3
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; {violent...: Heb. man of violences}
Psalms 41:6-7
And if he come to see {me}, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; {when} he goeth abroad, he telleth {it}.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous {is} only good: {but} the expectation of the wicked {is} wrath.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
2 Corinthians 4:2
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. {dishonesty: Gr. shame}