Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked are like a violent ambush, but those of honest people save them.
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5Good people make plans that are fair, but the advice of the wicked is deceptive.
7The wicked are destroyed, and they're gone, but the family of the good stands firm.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:1Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set off in pursuit of David tonight.
Esther 7:4For my people and I have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and annihilated. If we had only been sold as slaves, I would have kept quiet, because our suffering would not have justified disturbing the king.”
Proverbs 14:3What stupid people say punishes their pride, but what wise people say will protect them.
Jeremiah 5:26For there are wicked men among my people. They're like bird-trappers, secretly watching and waiting to catch people in their snare.
Acts 23:12Next day some Jews plotted together, and they took an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
Acts 25:3They begged Festus as a favor to send Paul to Jerusalem, plotting to ambush and kill him on the way.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:6
5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. Note, 1. The word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, and judges them. We mistake if we imagine that thoughts are free. No, they are under the divine cognizance, and therefore under the divine command. 2. We ought to be observers of the thoughts and intents of our own hearts, and to judge of ourselves by them; for they are the first-born of the soul, that have most of its image undisguised. Right… Read the whole commentary →