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Proverbs 12:5

The plans of the righteous are just,

but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

Proverbs 12:5 BSB

Proverbs 12:5 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 139:23 (6 votes) and Isaiah 55:7 (5 votes). 6 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 49 to 2 Corinthians 4.

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Which verses does Proverbs 12:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 139:236 votes

    Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.

  2. Isaiah 55:75 votes

    Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

  3. Psalm 41:6–73 votes

    My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad. All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:

  4. Psalm 119:153 votes

    I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.

  5. Psalm 140:1–33 votes

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence, who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long. …

  6. Jeremiah 4:143 votes

    Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

  7. Psalm 12:2–32 votes

    They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

  8. Psalm 36:2–42 votes

    For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin. The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. …

  9. Proverbs 11:232 votes

    The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.

  10. Proverbs 24:92 votes

    A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.

  11. Matthew 2:3–82 votes
  12. Matthew 2:162 votes
  13. Matthew 26:42 votes
  14. 1 Corinthians 4:52 votes

    Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

  15. 2 Corinthians 4:22 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 12:5?

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