Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous [are] justice, || The counsels of the wicked—deceit.
Literal Standard Version
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 each speak vanity with his neighbor, || Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
Psalms 41:6And if he came to see—he speaks vanity, || His heart gathers iniquity to itself, || He goes out—at the street he speaks.
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart, || Try me, and know my thoughts,
Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous [is] only good, || The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
Proverbs 24:9The thought of folly [is] sin, || And a scorner [is] an abomination to man.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, || That you may be saved, || Until when do you lodge in your heart || Thoughts of your strength?
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 →