Proverbs 12:20
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
יָעַץ
yâʻats
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
שָׁלוֹם
shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
שִׂמְחָה
simchâh
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
Study H7965 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between the...
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
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