Proverbs 12:5
12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
KJV
The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
What does Proverbs 12:5 mean?
Proverbs 12:5 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מַחֲשָׁבָה (machăshâbâh), צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq), מִשְׁפָּט (mishpâṭ). It connects to 15 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. to thy: or, subject to thy husband
Numbers 14:29Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
Numbers 14:35I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
Numbers 26:64But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
Numbers 26:65For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Deuteronomy 2:14And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them. brook: or, valley
Job 5:6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; affliction: or, iniquity
Job 5:7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. trouble: or, labour sparks: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly
Job 14:1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. few: Heb. short of days
Ecclesiastes 1:2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. to be: or, to afflict them
Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 12:8Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:13Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. Let: or, The end of the matter, even all that hath been heard, is
Ecclesiastes 12:14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
1 Kings 8:32Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
2 Chronicles 6:23Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
2 Samuel 4:11How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
Deuteronomy 25:1If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Exodus 23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Exodus 9:27And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Genesis 18:23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Frequently asked questions
What does Proverbs 12:5 say?
Proverbs 12:5 (King James Version) reads: "The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit."
Is Proverbs 12:5 in the Old or New Testament?
Proverbs 12:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.
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