20Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 12:20
Discipline, Truthful Speech, Diligence, and the Stable Root of the Righteous
The chapter moves through moral contrasts around discipline, stability, household life, prudence, work, speech, counsel, truth, peace, diligence, anxiety, friendship, and the life-giving path of righteousness.
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Verse 20
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Deceitמִ֭רְמָהH4820Noun - feminine singularis in the heartsבְּלֶב־H3820Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof those who deviseחֹ֣רְשֵׁיH2790Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructevilרָ֑עH7451Adjective - masculine singularbut the counselorsוּֽלְיֹעֲצֵ֖יH3289Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructof peaceשָׁל֣וֹםH7965Noun - masculine singularhave joyשִׂמְחָֽה׃H8057Noun - feminine singular