20 Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
Proverbs 12:20
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Proverbs 12:4–6
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Proverbs 6:13–15
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Psalms 35:19–21
19 Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice. 20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land. 21 They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have see…
Proverbs 14:21–23
21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor. 22 Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness. 23 There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Psalms 64:5–7
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Proverbs 26:23–25
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Proverbs 17:19–21
19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction. 20 The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble. 21 A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 14:7–9
7 Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them. 9 Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
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