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Proverbs 12:20 Interlinear

“Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil but to the counsellors of peace is joy”

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Proverbs 12 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מִ֭רְמָה	H4820	Deceit	fraud
2	בְּלֶב	H3820	is in the heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
3	חֹ֣רְשֵׁי	H2790	of them that imagine	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
4	רָ֑ע	H7451	evil	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
5	וּֽלְיֹעֲצֵ֖י	H3289	but to the counsellors	to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
6	שָׁל֣וֹם	H7965	of peace	safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace
7	שִׂמְחָֽה׃	H8057	is joy	blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

Proverbs 12:20 (current)Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil but to the counsellors of peace is joy