Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 12:2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.
Psalms 41:6And if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove 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 purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain 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 →