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Proverbs 12:20 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. "
Proverbs 12:20
Verse in Context
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There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
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Proverbs 12:1
"Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish."
Proverbs 12:2
"A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn."
Proverbs 12:3
"A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved."
Proverbs 12:4
"A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones."
Proverbs 12:5
"The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit."
Proverbs 12:6
"The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver"
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