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

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

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Verse 5

Original words

The plansמַחְשְׁב֣וֹתH4284Noun - feminine plural constructof the righteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםH6662Adjective - masculine pluralare justמִשְׁפָּ֑טH4941Noun - masculine singular[but] the counselתַּחְבֻּל֖וֹתH8458Noun - feminine plural constructof the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםH7563Adjective - masculine pluralleads to deceitמִרְמָֽה׃H4820Noun - feminine singular

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