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Proverbs 12:20 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 12 · verse 20
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.Proverbs 12:20 · King James Version
Proverbs 12:20 in context
18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
21There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
22Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- counsellorsyâʻatsto adviseH3289 →
- imaginechârashto scratchH2790 →
- DeceitmirmâhfraudH4820 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- peaceshâlôwmsafeH7965 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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Note, 1. Those that devise mischief contrive, for the accomplishing of it, how to impose upon others; but it will prove, in the end, that they deceive themselves.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary