Proverbs 12:20
Mirmah (deceit) is in the lev of them that plot rah, 1 but to the counsellors of shalom is simchah. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
19The lip of emes shall be established forever, 1 but a lashon sheker is but for a moment. 1
21There shall no harm befall the tzaddik, 1 but the resha'im shall be filled with rah. 1
Cross References
Psalms 119:118Thou hast rejected all them that err from Thy chukkim: 1 for their deceitfulness is sheker (falsehood). 1
Proverbs 26:24He that hateth disguises it with his sfatayim (lips), 1 and within harboreth mirmah (deceit); 1
Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I have not hastened away 1 from being a ro'eh (shepherd) to follow Thee; 1 neither did I lust for the woeful day; 1 Thou knowest; 1 that which came out of my lips was before Thee. 1
Zechariah 6:13It is he who shall build the Heikhal Hashem; 1 and he shall carry hod (majesty), 1 and shall sit and rule upon his throne; 1 and he shall be a kohen + 6:13 Ps 110:4 upon his throne; 1 and the atzat shalom (counsel of peace) shall be between them both. 1
Mark 7:21For from within the lev of the ben Adam comes evil cravings and machshavot: then zenunim (fornications), gneyvot (thefts), retzichot (murders),
Romans 1:29— filled with all resha, wickedness, chamdanut (greediness), and what is damagingly evil — full of kin'a (jealousy), retzach (murder), rivalry, mirmah (deceit), merivah (strife), remiyah (guile, deceit), all kinds of lashon hora, malicious,
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 →