Proverbs 12:20

Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

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2 Samuel 13:26
Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”

Psalms 12:2
Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

Psalms 52:1
Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.

Psalms 58:2
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

Proverbs 23:6
Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,

Proverbs 23:7
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 23:8
You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

Proverbs 26:23
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

Proverbs 26:25
When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Proverbs 26:26
His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

Daniel 11:27
As for both these kings, their hearts will be to do evil, and they will speak lies at one table; but it won’t prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.

Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

Mark 7:22
covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

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2 Samuel 20:19
I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up Yahweh’s inheritance?”

Psalms 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalms 120:5
Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Psalms 120:6
My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.

Psalms 120:7
I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.

Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

Mark 9:50
Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Romans 12:18
If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

1 Corinthians 7:15
Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

2 Corinthians 13:11
Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Ephesians 4:3
being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Colossians 3:14
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

1 Thessalonians 5:13
and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.

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2 Chronicles 25:16
As he talked with him, the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

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Esther 10:3
For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his descendants.

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Psalms 125:5
But as for those who turn away to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.

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Proverbs 6:18
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

Proverbs 6:19
a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

Zechariah 8:17
and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate,” says Yahweh.

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Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

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Proverbs 11:17
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

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Isaiah 9:6
For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.

Isaiah 32:17
The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

Colossians 1:20
and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

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Psalms 2:1
Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

Psalms 2:2
The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,

Psalms 21:11
For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

Psalms 36:4
He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.

Psalms 38:12
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

Psalms 62:3
How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

Psalms 64:5
They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”

Psalms 140:2
those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

Proverbs 3:29
Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

Proverbs 6:14
in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

Isaiah 32:7
The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Hosea 7:6
For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their anger smolders all night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them, and houses, then take them away. They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

Micah 2:3
Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily, for it is an evil time.

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Isaiah 49:4
But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God.”

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Isaiah 49:5
Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.

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Jeremiah 6:23
They take hold of bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion.”

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Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

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Jeremiah 49:30
Flee! Wander far off! Dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor,” says Yahweh; “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.

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Jeremiah 50:42
They take up bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea. They ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.

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Mark 12:14
When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

Mark 12:15
Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”

Mark 12:16
They brought it. He said to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”

Mark 12:17
Jesus answered them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” They marveled greatly at him.

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Proverbs 10:18
He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

Proverbs 11:18
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

Jeremiah 17:16
As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you. I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know. That which came out of my lips was before your face.

Romans 1:29
being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,

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2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

James 3:16
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

James 3:18
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

1 Peter 3:9
not rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 3:10
For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

1 Peter 3:13
Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good?

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