Proverbs 12:20
There is deceit in the hearts of those who plan to do evil, 1 but joy comes to the advisors of peace. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 last forever, 1 but a lying tongue is only for a moment. 1
21No ill comes on the righteous person, 1 but wicked people are filled with difficulties. 1
Cross References
Psalms 119:118You reject all those who stray from your statutes, 1 for those people are deceptive and unreliable. 1
Proverbs 26:24One who hates others disguises his feelings with his lips 1 and he lays up deceit within himself. 1
Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I did not run from being a shepherd following you. I did not long for the day of disaster. 1 You know the proclamations that came from my lips. They were made in your presence. 1
Zechariah 6:13It is he who builds the temple of Yahweh, and he will be clothed with royal splendor, and will sit and rule on his throne. 1 He will be a priest on his throne, and he will bear a counsel of peace between the two.
Mark 7:21For from within a person, out of the heart, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
Romans 1:29They have been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and evil intentions. 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 →