Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of those that contrive evil; but for the counsellors of peace there is joy.
Leeser Tanakh
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 lip of truth will stand firm for ever; but only for a moment the tongue of falsehood.
21No wrong can come unawares to the righteous; but the wicked are full of evil.
Cross References
Psalms 119:118Thou hast trodden down all that erringly stray from thy statutes; for falsehood is their deceit.
Proverbs 26:24With his lips dissembleth he that hateth, and within himself layeth he up deceit:
Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I have not hastened to be a shepherd to follow thee; and the woeful day have I not longed for; thou knowest it: what came out of my lips was known before thee.
Zechariah 6:13Yea, he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and a priest shall be upon his own throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between both of them.
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 →