Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
In Context
6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the just shall deliver them.
Cross References
Psalms 12:2How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day?
Psalms 41:6Why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou trouble me? Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance,
Proverbs 11:23The desire of the just is all good, the expectation of the wicked is indignation.
Proverbs 24:9The thought of a fool is sin: and the detractor is the abomination of men.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in 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 →