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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: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. (Prov. 11:23)
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Prov. 24:9• 9The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. (Prov. 24:9)
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Psa. 119:15• 15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. (Psa. 119:15)
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Psa. 139:23• 23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try 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 the Lord, 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 vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
 3The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and 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, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
 3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
 4He deviseth mischief upon 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 he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when 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• 1<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
 2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
 3They have sharpened 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• 3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
 4And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
 5And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
 6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
 7Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
 8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
 16Then 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 inquired of the wise men. (Matt. 2:3‑8,16)
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Matt. 26:4• 4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. (Matt. 26:4)
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1 Cor. 4:5• 5Therefore 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. (1 Cor. 4:5)
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2 Cor. 4:2• 2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience 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."