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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 12) Proverbs 12:5 KJV
"The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit."
Proverbs 12:5 in Context (Verses 2–8 KJV)
2
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
3
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
5
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
6
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.*