Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Proverbs 12:5 - 12:5

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Proverbs 12:5 - 12:5


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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 מַֽחֲשָׁבוֹת, namely, simple and clear; to the godless, תַּחְבֻּוֹת, carefully thought out, prudently thought through schemes and measures, but on that very account not simple, because with a tendency; for the righteous have an objective rule, namely, that which is right in the sight of God and of men, but the godless have only a selfish purpose, which they seek to attain by deceiving, and at the cost of, their neighbour.