Proverbs 12:5 Cross References - VIN

⁵ The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

² Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart. ³ May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

² For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin. ³ The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good. ⁴ He plans sin on his bed. He puts himself on a way that is not good. He does not reject evil.

⁶ And when one comes to see me, he speaks falsely; his heart gathers disaster for itself. He goes out to the street; he speaks. ⁷ All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

¹⁵ I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

¹ For the music director. A psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men, ² who craft evil plans in their minds, inciting wars every day. ³ They sharpen their tongue as sharp as a snake's; the venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah

²³ ¶ The desire of the righteous is only good, but the hope of the wicked is wrath.

⁹ The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.

⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

¹⁴ "O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?

³ When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ So he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born. ⁵ “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: ⁶ 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you shall come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'" ⁷ Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared. ⁸ He also sent them to Bethlehem, telling them, "Go and make a careful search for the child, and when you have found him report to me, so that I may go and worship him too."

¹⁶ When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

⁴ and they plotted to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

⁵ Therefore judge nothing before the proper 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.

² But we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.