Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evils. But gladness follows those who take up counsels of peace.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
In Context
19The lips of truth shall be steadfast forever. But a hasty witness readies a lying tongue.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:24An enemy is known by his lips, though it is from his heart that he draws out deceit.
Jeremiah 17:16But I am not troubled; I am following you as my shepherd. And I have not desired the day of man, as you know. That which has gone forth from my lips has been right in your sight.
Zechariah 6:13And he will raise a temple to the Lord. And he will carry the glory, and he will sit and rule upon his throne. And he will be a priest upon his throne, and a counsel of peace will be between the two of them.
Mark 7:21For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Romans 1:29having been completely filled with all iniquity, malice, fornication, avarice, wickedness; full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, spite, gossiping;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:20
19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Be it observed, to the honour of truth, that sacred thing, 1. That, if truth be spoken, it will hold good, and, whoever may be disobliged by it and angry at it, yet it will keep its ground. Great is the truth and will prevail. What is true will be always true; we may abide by it, and need not fear being disproved and put to shame. 2. That, if truth be denied, yet in time it will transpire. A lying tongue, that puts false… Read the whole commentary →