Proverbs 12:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. ”

Proverbs 12:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution ( Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7 ; Proverbs 12:14 ; Proverbs 12:21 ; Proverbs 12:28 ). Several dea...
Proverbs 12:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thoughts . plans. right . just (as to their character). Illustrations: David ( 1 Samuel 23:9 ; 1 Samuel 26:8-11 ); Daniel ( Daniel 1:8 ; Daniel 6:4 ); Nuthanael ( John 1:47 ). counsels . steer...
Proverbs 12:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Proverbs 12:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. The thoughts of the righteous (are) right (Hebrew, judgment; i:e., consonant to justice): (but) the counsel...
Proverbs 12:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

4. A crown, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom ( Song of Solomon 3:11 ; Song of Solomon 8:9 ). In Damascus the bridal crown cons...
Proverbs 12:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The thoughts of the righteous are right. — Or, justice. (Comp. Matthew 12:35 .)
Proverbs 12:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 13 THE TONGUE "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."- Proverbs 12:14 "In the transgression of the L...
Proverbs 12:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 12:9 . That is to say, it matters little that one is not counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is able to keep a servant, that is, to employ someone to mi...
Proverbs 12:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones....
Proverbs 12:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The thoughts of the righteous [are] right ,.... Or "judgment" o. The thoughts of men's hearts are naturally evil, nor can any think a good thought of themselves; but the thoughts of the righteous ar...
Proverbs 12:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit. Ver. 5. The thoughts of the righteous are right. ] He feeds his thoughts upon the best objects, those es...
Proverbs 12:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The thoughts of the righteous are right His constant purpose is to be upright before God, and just and true in all his dealings with men. But the counsels of the wicked are deceit His great care...
Proverbs 12:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. Note, 1. The word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, and judg...
Proverbs 12:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The thoughts of the righteous are right; his constant purpose is to deal justly and truly with God and with men. The counsels of the wicked are deceit; his great care and contrivance is to wrong...
Proverbs 12:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Comparison Between The Righteous And The Unrighteous, The Basis Of The Righteous Family, And The Destiny Of Each ( Proverbs 12:1-8 ). We have here another subsection in which the various attribu...
Proverbs 12:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 12:5 . Thoughts , or “purposes.” Right , “judgment,” “justice.” Proverbs 12:7 . Wordsworth here reads, “When the wicked turn themselves,” etc., i.e. , on any rever...
Proverbs 12:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:4 . A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, as illustrated at large in chap. 31. Proverbs 12:9 . He that is despised, and hath a servant. There are various comments here. He th...
Proverbs 12:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 12:1 Instruction ; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive knowledge, especially the...
Proverbs 12:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 5. The thoughts of the righteous are right, just and pious, leading to words and deeds which are also righteous; but the counsels of the wicked are deceit, the manner in which they influence a...
Proverbs 12:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:5 ; 2 Corinthians 4:2 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; Jeremiah 4:14 ; Matthew 2:16 ; Matthew 2:3-8 ; Matthew 26:4 ; Proverbs 11:23 ; Proverbs 24:9 ; Psalms 119:15 ; Psalms 12:2 ; Psalms 1...

Proverbs 12:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 12:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 12:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 12:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 12:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 12:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 12:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 12:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 12:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 12:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 12:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 12:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge