5The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.


In Context

2 A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous 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 woman of worth 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; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

6 The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

7 Overthrow the wicked, and they are no more; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Proverbs 12:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:5The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:5The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:5The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:5The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:5The thoughts of the righteous are just: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked — deceit.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:5The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.