New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The thoughts of the righteous are just, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The thoughts of righteous people are fair. The advice of wicked people is treacherous. King James Bible
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Advice Counsels Deceit Deceitful Designs Evil-Doers Justice Plans Purposes Right Righteous Thoughts Treacherous Upright Wicked Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary Verse 5 Note, 1. The word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, and judges them. We mistake if we imagine that thoughts are free. No, they are under the divine cognizance, and therefore under the divine command. 2. We ought to be observers of the thoughts and intents of our own hearts, and to judge of ourselves by them; for they are the first-born of the soul, that have most of its image undisguised. Right thoughts are a righteous man's best evidences, as nothing more certainly proves a man wicked than wicked contrivances and designs. A good man may have in his mind bad suggestions, but he does not indulge them and harbour them till they are ripened into bad projects and resolutions. 3. It is a man's honour to mean honestly, and to have his thoughts right, though a word or action may be misplaced, or mistimed, or at least misinterpreted. But it is a man's shame to lie always at catch, to act with deceit, with trick and design, not only with a long reach, but with an overreach. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Alphabetical: advice are but counsels deceitful is just of plans righteous The thoughts wicked Bible Browser | 
