Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
KJV
Dolus in corde cogitantium mala ; qui autem pacis ineunt consilia, sequitur eos gaudium.
Vulgate
δόλος ἐν καρδίᾳ τεκταινομένου κακά, οἱ δὲ βουλόμενοι εἰρήνην εὐφρανθήσονται.
LXX
Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.
ASV
מִ֭רְמָה בְּ/לֶב חֹ֣רְשֵׁי רָ֑ע וּֽ/לְ/יֹעֲצֵ֖י שָׁל֣וֹם שִׂמְחָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
חֹ֣רְשֵׁי
chrshy
verb · 72×
י
y
noun · 591×
מִרְמָֽה
mrmh
noun · 38×
נֽוֹעָצִ֔ים
nv'tsym
verb · 79×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×
שִׂמְחָֽה
shmchh
noun · 93×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
20. Again, when the Bishops said that the Word must be described as the True Power and Image of the Father, in all things exact and like the Father, and as unalterable, and as always, and as in Him without division (for never was the Word not, but He was always, existing everlastingly with the Father, as the radiance of light), Eusebius and his fellows endured indeed, as not da…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 3:8 — Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
- Dan 11:27 — And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
- Heb 12:14 — Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
- Mark 7:21 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
- Matt 5:9 — Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
- Prov 12:12 — The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
- Prov 26:24 — He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
- Ps 140:2 — Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
- Rom 12:18 — If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
- Zech 6:13 — Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between the