Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
Majority Standard Bible
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
19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
Cross References
Psalms 119:118You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
Proverbs 26:24A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
Jeremiah 17:16But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
Zechariah 6:13Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’
Mark 7:21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, adultery, sexual immorality, murder, theft,
Romans 1:29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, sexual immorality, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
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 →