Matthew Henry · Verse 5
Thoughts are not free; they are under the Divine knowledge, therefore under the Divine command. It is a man's shame to act with deceit, with trick and design.
Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
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WEBBE
The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
BSB
The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
KJV
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
ASV
The thoughts of the righteous are just; [But] the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
BBE
The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.
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