5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
5 The thinking of principled people makes for justice; the plots of degenerates corrupt.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are right, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
5 The plans of the godly are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 12:5
Commentary on Proverbs 12:5
(Read Proverbs 12:5)
Thoughts are not free; they are under the Divine knowledge, therefore under the Divine command. It is a man's shame to act with deceit, with trick and design.