Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are just. The counsels of the wicked are deceit.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
In Context
4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
6The words of the wicked lay in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Cross References
Psalms 12:2They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.
Psalms 41:6And if he comes to see [me], he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts,
Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs 24:9The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou may be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:5
4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. Note, 1. He that is blessed with a good wife is as happy as if he were upon the throne, for she is no less than a crown to him. A virtuous woman, that is pious and prudent, ingenious and industrious, that is active for the good of her family and looks well to the ways of her household, that makes conscience of her duty in every relation, a woman of spirit, that can bear crosses without disturbance, such a one… Read the whole commentary →