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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; the expectation of the wicked is wrath. (Prov. 11:23)
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Prov. 24:9• 9The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men. (Prov. 24:9)
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Psa. 119:15• 15I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths. (Psa. 119:15)
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Psa. 139:23• 23Search me, O *God, and know my heart; 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• 14Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, 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: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.
 3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things, (Psa. 12:2‑3)
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Psa. 36:2‑4• 2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, even when his iniquity is found to be hateful.
 3The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.
 4He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil. (Psa. 36:2‑4)
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Psa. 41:6‑7• 6And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
 7All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt. (Psa. 41:6‑7)
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Psa. 140:1‑3• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:
 2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; every day are they banded together for war.
 3They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (Psa. 140:1‑3)
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Matt. 2:3‑8,16• 3But Herod the king having heard of it, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
 4and, assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
 5And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:
 6And *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.
 7Then Herod, having secretly called the magi, inquired of them accurately the time of the star that was appearing;
 8and 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.
 16Then 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. (Matt. 2:3‑8,16)
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Matt. 26:4• 4and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him; (Matt. 26:4)
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1 Cor. 4:5• 5So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God. (1 Cor. 4:5)
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2 Cor. 4:2• 2But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before 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."