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


In Context

2 The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.

3 A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.

4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.

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

6 The words of the wicked are: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

7 Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5The thoughts of the righteous are right; 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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