Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

The thoughts of the righteous are just, {But} the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

The thoughts of the righteous are just; `But' the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- American Standard Version (1901)

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.
- Basic English Bible

The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- Darby Bible

The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

The thoughts of the righteous are just: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- English Revised Version

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 12:5

12:6 Lie in wait - Are designed to entrap others, and to destroy them. Deliver them - From those that lie in wait for them.

12:7 Are not - Both they and their families suddenly perish.