Deceit is in the heart... — Those who plot and devise evil against others begin by deceiving them, and end by deceiving themselves also; whereas the “counsellors of peace,” who seek the good of their neighbours, bring joy to them and to themselves also through the satisfaction derived from a good conscience.
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Proverbs 12:20
20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.