Proverbs 12:20
Those who plan to do what is evil are always wanting to deceive others, but things will go well for those who plan to do good things.
Translation for Translators
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
21Bad things usually [HYP] do not happen to righteous people, but wicked people always have troubles.
Cross References
Psalms 119:118You reject all those who disobey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►; but what they deceitfully plan to do will be ◄useless/in vain►.
Proverbs 26:24Those who hate someone and are saying [MTY] something very different from what they are thinking are hypocrites; they are only planning to harm that person.
Jeremiah 17:16Yahweh, you appointed me to take care of your people like a shepherd takes care of his sheep [MET]; I have not abandoned that work, and you know that I have not previously wanted this time of disaster to come to people who ridicule me. And you know everything that I have said [MTY] to your people.
Zechariah 6:13He is the one who will tell those who will build my temple what to do. He will wear royal clothing and he will sit on his throne and rule. There will also be a priest sitting next to his throne, and the two of them will work together harmoniously.
Mark 7:21Specifically, it is people’s innermost being that causes them to think things that are evil; they act immorally, they steal things, they commit murder.
Romans 1:29They strongly desire to do all kinds of unrighteous things. They strongly desire to do all kinds of evil things to others. They strongly desire to possess things that belong to others. They strongly desire to harm others in various ways. Many non-Jews are constantly envying other people. Many constantly desire to murder people. Many constantly desire to cause strife between people. Many constantly desire to deceive others. Many constantly desire to speak hatefully about others (OR, to speak harmful things about others, things that are not true). Many gossip about others.
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 →