A moment in scripture
Proverbs 12:5
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The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 12:3
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
- Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
- Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
- Proverbs 12:7
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.