Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
KJV
Cogitationes justorum judicia, et consilia impiorum fraudulenta.
Vulgate
λογισμοὶ δικαίων κρίματα, κυβερνῶσιν δὲ ἀσεβεῖς δόλους.
LXX
The thoughts of the righteous are just; Butthe counsels of the wicked are deceit.
ASV
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים מִשְׁפָּ֑ט תַּחְבֻּל֖וֹת רְשָׁעִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ו
v
noun · 7×
י
y
noun · 422×
מִרְמָֽה
mrmh
noun · 38×
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת
mchshbvt
noun · 56×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- Jer 4:14 — O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
- Matt 1:20 — But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceiv
- Prov 26:24 — He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
- Ps 139:23 — Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
- Ps 140:1 — Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;