Proverbs 12:5
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 12
“The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.”Proverbs 12:5
What Does Proverbs 12:5 Mean?
Proverbs 12:5 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 12, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 12:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 139:23“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:”Isaiah 55:7“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”Proverbs 26:24“He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;”Psalms 41:6“And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.”Psalms 119:15“I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.”Psalms 140:1“Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;”Jeremiah 4:14“O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?”Matthew 1:20“But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.”Genesis 49:6“O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.”1 Kings 12:14“And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”2 Chronicles 10:14“And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”2 Chronicles 22:4“Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.”Psalms 12:2“They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.”Psalms 36:2“For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.”Proverbs 11:23“The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.”Proverbs 24:9“The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.”Matthew 2:3“When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.”Matthew 2:16“Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.”Matthew 26:4“And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.”1 Corinthians 4:5“Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.”
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