Focused Passage

Proverbs 12:5

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.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

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Verse 5

Original words

The plans מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת H4284 Noun - feminine plural construct of the righteous צַדִּיקִ֣ים H6662 Adjective - masculine plural are just מִשְׁפָּ֑ט H4941 Noun - masculine singular [but] the counsel תַּחְבֻּל֖וֹת H8458 Noun - feminine plural construct of the wicked רְשָׁעִ֣ים H7563 Adjective - masculine plural leads to deceit מִרְמָֽה׃ H4820 Noun - feminine singular

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