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Proverbs 12:20


Proverbs 12:19 Proverbs 12:20 (KJV) Proverbs 12:21
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

DeceitH4820 is in the heartH3820 of them that imagineH2790 evilH7451: but to the counsellorsH3289 of peaceH7965 is joyH8057.


Original Hebrew

מִרְמָה בְּלֶב־חֹרְשֵׁי רָע וּלְיֹעֲצֵי שָׁלֹום שִׂמְחָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
מִ֭רְמָה
Mir.mah H4820 HNcfsa deceit
בְּ/לֶב
be./lev- H3820 HR/Ncmsc (is) in/ (the) heart of
חֹ֣רְשֵׁי
Cho.re.shei H2790 HVqrmpc devisers of
רָ֑ע
Ra' H7451 HAamsa evil
וּֽ/לְ/יֹעֲצֵ֖י
u./le./yo.'a.Tzei H3289 HC/R/Vqrmpc and/ (belongs) to/ counselors of
שָׁל֣וֹם
sha.Lom H7965 HNcmsa peace
שִׂמְחָֽה
sim.Chah H8057 HNcfsa joy
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H2790 — חָרַשׁ (chârash, khaw-rash'): a primitive root; to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness); [idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
  • H3289 — יָעַץ (yâʻats, yaw-ats'): a primitive root; to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve; advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.
  • H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
  • H4820 — מִרְמָה (mirmâh, meer-maw'): from רָמָה in the sense of deceiving; fraud; craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
  • H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
  • H7965 — שָׁלוֹם (shâlôwm, shaw-lome'): or שָׁלֹם; from שָׁלַם; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace; [idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] wholly.
  • H8057 — שִׂמְחָה (simchâh, sim-khaw'): from שָׂמֵחַ; blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival); [idiom] exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).
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Reciprocal references (3): Psalms 140:2, Daniel 11:27, Romans 12:18

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