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Proverbs 12

Prov. 12:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The thoughts
machashabah (Hebrew #4284)
from 2803; a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
KJV usage: cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.
Pronounce: makh-ash-aw-baw'
Origin: or machashebeth {makh-ash-eh'-beth}
of the righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
are right
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
: but the counsels
tachbulah (Hebrew #8458)
from 2254 as denominative from 2256; (only in plural) properly, steerage (as a management of ropes), i.e. (figuratively) guidance or (by implication) a plan
KJV usage: good advice, (wise) counsels.
Pronounce: takh-boo-law'
Origin: or tachbuwlah {takh-boo-law'}
of the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
are deceit
mirmah (Hebrew #4820)
fraud
KJV usage: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
Pronounce: meer-maw'
Origin: from 7411 in the sense of deceiving
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Righteousness

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Ministry on This Verse

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thoughts.
Prov. 11:23• 23The desire of the righteous [is] only good;{HR}The wicked's expectation [is] wrath . (Prov. 11:23)
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Prov. 24:9• 9The thought of foolishness [is] sin,{HR}And the scorner [is] an abomination to men. (Prov. 24:9)
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Psa. 119:15• 15On thy precepts I will meditate{HR}And regard thy paths. (Psa. 119:15)
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Psa. 139:23• 23Search me, O God, and know my heart;{HR}Prove me, and know my thoughts; (Psa. 139:23)
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Isa. 55:7• 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:7)
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Jer. 4:14• 14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? (Jer. 4:14)
counsels.
Psa. 12:2‑3• 2They speak falsehood, every one with his neighbour;{HR}[With] a flattering lip, with a double heart do they speak.
 3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips,{HR}[The] tongue speaking great things. (Psa. 12:2‑3)
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Psa. 36:2‑4• 2For he hath flattered himself in his own eyes,{HR}Until that his iniquity is found out and hated.
 3The words of his mouth [are] falsehood and deceit;{HR}He hath left off to be wise, to do well.
 4He deviseth falsehood upon his bed,{HR}He setteth himself upon a way [that is] not good,{HR}He rejecteth not evil. (Psa. 36:2‑4)
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Psa. 41:6‑7• 6And if he come to see [me] he speaketh falsehood;{HR}His heart gathereth iniquity to itself;{HR}He goeth out, he speaketh outside.
 7All that hate me whisper together against me;{HR}Against me they meditate evil to me. (Psa. 41:6‑7)
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Psa. 140:1‑3• 1To the chief musician: a psalm of David.{HR}Deliver me, Jehovah, from the evil man;{HR}From the violent man thou wilt preserve me,
 2Who devise evils in heart;{HR}All day they gather [for] wars.
 3They whet their tongue like a serpent:{HR}Adder's poison [is] under their lips, Selah. (Psa. 140:1‑3)
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Matt. 2:3‑8,16• 3{i}But Herod the king having heard [of it], was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;{/i}
 4{i}and, assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.{/i}
 5{i}And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for thus it is written through the prophet:{/i}
 6{i}And thou Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.{/i}
 7{i}Then Herod, having secretly called the magi, inquired of them accurately the time of the star that was appearing;{/i}
 8{i}and having sent them to Bethlehem, said, Go, search out accurately concerning the child, and when ye shall have found [him] bring me back word, so that I also may come and do him homage.{/i}
 16{i}Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which [were] in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi.{/i} (Matt. 2:3‑8,16)
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Matt. 26:4• 4{i}and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;{/i} (Matt. 26:4)
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1 Cor. 4:5• 5So then judge nothing prematurely until the Lord shall have come, who shall both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then shall each have his praise from God. (1 Cor. 4:5)
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2 Cor. 4:2• 2but refused the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor guilefully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men in the sight of God. (2 Cor. 4:2)
• Right thoughts result in right words and right actions, and shall be rewarded by Him whose delight is in righteousness. (“Proverbs Twelve” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The thoughts of the righteous are rightb; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "[just] judgment."

W. Kelly Translation

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The thoughts of the righteous [are] judgment,{HR}The counsels of the wicked deceit.