Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil,.... That secretly devise mischief in their hearts against their neighbours; that plough evil, as the word (g) signifies, and sow discord among men;…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
The “deceit” of “those who imagine evil” can work nothing but evil to those whom they advise. The “counselors of peace” have joy in themselves, and impart it to others also.
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
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. Those that imagine evil, under colour…
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