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Contemporary English Version

Proverbs 12:5

Good people have kind thoughts, but you should never trust the advice of someone evil.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Deceit;   Holiness;   Speaking;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Deceit;   Mind, Carnal-Spiritual;   Sanity, Spiritual;   Thoughts;   Truth-Falsehood;   Wise;   The Topic Concordance - Counsel;   Deception;   Righteousness;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Deceit;   Righteousness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Righteousness;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 18;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The thoughts of the righteous are just,but guidance from the wicked is deceitful.
Hebrew Names Version
The thoughts of the righteous are just. The advice of the wicked is deceitful.
King James Version
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
English Standard Version
The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
New American Standard Bible
The thoughts of the righteous are just, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
New Century Version
The plans that good people make are fair, but the advice of the wicked will trick you.
New English Translation
The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Amplified Bible
The thoughts and purposes of the [consistently] righteous are just (honest, reliable), But the counsels and schemes of the wicked are deceitful.
World English Bible
The thoughts of the righteous are just. The advice of the wicked is deceitful.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The thoughtes of the iust are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitfull.
Legacy Standard Bible
The thoughts of the righteous are just,But the guidance of the wicked is deceitful.
Berean Standard Bible
The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
Complete Jewish Bible
The plans of the righteous are just, but the schemes of the wicked are deceitful.
Darby Translation
The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Easy-to-Read Version
Good people are honest and fair in all they do, but those who are evil lie and cannot be trusted.
George Lamsa Translation
The thoughts of the righteous are upright; but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Good News Translation
Honest people will treat you fairly; the wicked only want to deceive you.
Lexham English Bible
The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
Literal Translation
The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The thoughtes of ye righteous are right, but the ymaginacion of the vngodly are disceatfull.
American Standard Version
The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Bible in Basic English
The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
King James Version (1611)
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The thoughtes of the ryghteous are ryght: but the imaginations of the vngodly are deceptfull.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The thoughts of the righteous are true judgments; but ungodly men devise deceits.
English Revised Version
The thoughts of the righteous are just: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The thouytis of iust men ben domes; and the counselis of wickid men ben gileful.
Update Bible Version
The thoughts of the righteous are just; [But] the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Webster's Bible Translation
The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
New King James Version
The thoughts of the righteous are right, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
New Living Translation
The plans of the godly are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
New Life Bible
The thoughts of those who are right with God can be trusted, but the words of the sinful are false.
New Revised Standard
The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The plans of the righteous, are just, but, the counsels of the lawless, are deceitful.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Revised Standard Version
The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are treacherous.
Young's Literal Translation
The thoughts of the righteous [are] justice, The counsels of the wicked -- deceit.
THE MESSAGE
The thinking of principled people makes for justice; the plots of degenerates corrupt.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The thoughts of the righteous are just, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Contextual Overview

5 Good people have kind thoughts, but you should never trust the advice of someone evil.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thoughts: Proverbs 11:23, Proverbs 24:9, Psalms 119:15, Psalms 139:23, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 4:14

counsels: Psalms 12:2, Psalms 12:3, Psalms 36:2-4, Psalms 41:6, Psalms 41:7, Psalms 140:1-3, Matthew 2:3-8, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 26:4, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 2 Corinthians 4:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:6 - come 1 Kings 12:14 - the counsel 2 Chronicles 10:14 - the advice 2 Chronicles 22:4 - they were his Proverbs 26:24 - deceit Matthew 1:20 - while

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
Terah decided to move from Ur to the land of Canaan. He took along Abram and Sarai and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran. But when they came to the city of Haran, they decided to settle there instead.
Genesis 12:8
Abram traveled to the hill country east of Bethel and camped between Bethel and Ai, where he built another altar and worshiped the Lord .
Genesis 12:9
Later, Abram started out toward the Southern Desert.
Genesis 14:14
that his nephew Lot had been taken away. Three hundred eighteen of Abram's servants were fighting men, so he took them and followed the enemy as far north as the city of Dan.
Genesis 14:21
The king of Sodom said to Abram, "All I want are my people. You can keep everything else."
Acts 7:4
Then Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, Abraham came and settled in this land where you now live.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The thoughts of the righteous [are] right,.... Or "judgment" o. The thoughts of men's hearts are naturally evil, nor can any think a good thought of themselves; but the thoughts of the righteous are directed and influenced by the grace of God, and are formed according to that Word which is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart; their thoughts concerning God and religion, concerning Christ and his Gospel, his ways and worship, his truths and ordinances, they are judiciously framed according to the rule of God's word, the revelation he has made, and so are right; and such are their resolutions and designs to serve the Lord their God, and him only, and to cleave to him with full purpose of heart

[but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit; the designs, schemes, and contrivances of wicked men, are to trick, and overreach, and defraud their neighbours in civil affairs; and of false teachers, to deceive the hearts of the simple in religious ones. The coming of the man of sin was with all deceivableness; and all the gaudy show and pageantry he makes, and pretended miracles he works, are to deceive the inhabitants of the earth; and by his sorceries all nations are deceived, 2 Thessalonians 2:10.

o משפט "judicium", Pagninns, Montanus, Mercerus, Cocceius, Gejerus.


 
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