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Proverbs 12:5

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

Verse in context — Proverbs 12

3

A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

4

A virtuous woman [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: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.

6

The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

7

The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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