Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
In Context
4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
Cross References
Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
Psalms 41:6If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
Psalms 139:23Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs 24:9The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
Jeremiah 4:14Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
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 →