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Selected Verse: Proverbs 12:5 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 12:5	Strong Concordance	The thoughts [04284] of the righteous [06662] are right [04941]: but the counsels [08458] of the wicked [07563] are deceit [04820].
	King James	The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
thoughts--or, "purposes." are right--literally, "are judgment," that is, true decisions. counsels--(Compare Pro 11:14). deceit--contrary to truth and honesty.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

thoughts--or, "purposes."

are right--literally, "are judgment," that is, true decisions.

counsels--(Compare Pro 11:14).

deceit--contrary to truth and honesty.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
5 The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the godless are deceit. They are so, that is, in their contents and their aim. To the righteous are ascribed מחשׁבות, namely, simple and clear; to the godless, תּחבּות, carefully thought out, prudently thought through schemes and measures, but on that very account not simple, because with a tendency; for the righteous have an objective rule, namely, that which is right in the sight of God and of men, but the godless have only a selfish purpose, which they seek to attain by deceiving, and at the cost of, their neighbour.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

5 The thoughts of the righteous are justice,

The counsels of the godless are deceit.

They are so, that is, in their contents and their aim. To the righteous are ascribed מחשׁבות, namely, simple and clear; to the godless, תּחבּות, carefully thought out, prudently thought through schemes and measures, but on that very account not simple, because with a tendency; for the righteous have an objective rule, namely, that which is right in the sight of God and of men, but the godless have only a selfish purpose, which they seek to attain by deceiving, and at the cost of, their neighbour.

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