Proverbs 12:5
What righteous people want to do is to treat people fairly; what wicked people want to do is to deceive people.
Translation for Translators
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 12:2Everyone tells lies to other people; they deceive others by ◄flattering them/saying good things about them that they know are not true►.
Psalms 41:6When my enemies come to me, they falsely say that they are concerned about me. They listen to bad news about ◄me/my health►. Then they go away and tell everywhere what is happening to me.
Psalms 139:23God, search my inner being; find out what I am thinking!
Proverbs 11:23When the things that righteous people want happen, it brings good to them and to others, but when the wicked get what they want, it causes everyone else to become angry.
Proverbs 24:9It is sinful to plan to do foolish things, and people hate those who make fun of everything that is good.
Jeremiah 4:14You people of Jerusalem [APO], purify your hearts/inner beings, in order that Yahweh will rescue you. How long will you continue to think about doing evil things?
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 →