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Proverbs 12:20

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Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

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  1. Proverbs 12:18

    There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

  2. Proverbs 12:19

    The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

  3. Proverbs 12:21

    There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

  4. Proverbs 12:22

    Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.