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- Proverbs
- Chapter 12
- Verse 5
Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
The thoughts of the righteous are right,.... Or "judgment" (o). The thoughts of men's hearts are naturally evil, nor can any think a good thought of themselves; but the thoughts of the righteous are…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
Note, 1. The word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, and judges them. We mistake if we imagine that thoughts are free. No, they are under the divine cognizance, and…
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