Proverbs 12:5 (BSB)

The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

From Proverbs 12. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 12:5

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 12:5: Note, 1. The word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, and judges them. We mistake if we imagine that thoughts are free. No, they are under the divine cognizance, and therefore under the divine command. 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 12:5: The thoughts of the righteous are right,.... Or "judgment" (o). The thoughts of men's hearts are naturally evil, nor can any think a good thought of themselves; but the thoughts of the righteous are directed and influenced by the grace of God, and are formed according to that Word which is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart; their thoughts concerning God...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 12:5: thoughts--or, "purposes." are right--literally, "are judgment," that is, true decisions. counsels--(Compare Pro 11:14). deceit--contrary to truth and honesty.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 12:5: Pro 12:5 5 The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the godless are deceit. They are so, that is, in their contents and their aim. To the righteous are ascribed מחשׁבות, namely, simple and clear; to the godless, תּחבּות, carefully thought out, prudently thought through schemes and measures, but on that very account not simple, because with a tendency; for the righteous...