Proverbs 12:20
“Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine euill: but to the counsellours of peace, is ioy.”
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Proverbs 12:20 Context
18There is that speaketh like the pearcings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. 19The lippe of trueth shall bee established for euer: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. 20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine euill: but to the counsellours of peace, is ioy. 21There shall no euill happen to the iust: but the wicked shall bee filled with mischiefe. 22Lying lippes are abomination to the Lord: but they that deale truely, are his delight.
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Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.
- King James Version
Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy.
- New American Standard Version (1995)