Proverbs 12:5
The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
Berean Standard Bible
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, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Cross References
Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
Psalms 41:6My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
Proverbs 24:9A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
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 →