Proverbs 12:5
The thoughtes of the iust are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitfull.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 12:2They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.
Psalms 41:6And if hee come to see mee, hee speaketh lies, but his heart heapeth iniquitie within him, and when he commeth foorth, he telleth it.
Psalms 139:23Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.
Proverbs 24:9The wicked thought of a foole is sinne, and the scorner is an abomination vnto men.
Jeremiah 4:14O Ierusalem, wash thine heart from wickednes, that thou maiest be saued: how long shall thy wicked thoughtes remaine within thee?
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 →