Proverbs 12:5
The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
BSB
ASV
The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
KJV
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
The thoughts of the righteous are judgments, etc. The righteous judge their actions by diligent meditation, to see if they please the Lord, lest, by any chance, being less careful, the heavenly arbiter dispenses adversities against them invisibly; according to that of the Apostle, If …
The thoughts of the righteous are right,.... Or "judgment" (o).
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Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
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Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your…
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Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely…
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He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.