Proverbs 12:5
What does Proverbs 12:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 12:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The thoughts of the righteous are just; Butthe counsels of the wicked are deceit.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The thoughts of the righteous are just; Butthe counsels of the wicked are deceit.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The thoughts of the righteous <FI>are<Fi> justice, The counsels of the wicked--deceit.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 55:7
let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
- Matthew 2:3
And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Matthew 26:4
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
- Psalms 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
- Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.
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