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

Bible Comments

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 counsels of the wicked (are) deceit. "The counsels," or 'the astute plans' (Hebrew, tachªbulowt (H8458)).

Proverbs 12:5

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