Proverbs 12:20
“Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil,.... That secretly devise mischief in their hearts against their…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The “deceit” of “those who imagine evil” can work nothing but evil to those whom they advise. The “counselors of peace”…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Note, 1. Those that devise mischief contrive, for the accomplishing of it, how to impose upon others; but it will prove,…
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