Proverbs 12:5

12:5 The plans ¹  of the righteous are just;

the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. ² 

Proverbs 26:24

26:24 The one who hates others disguises ³  it with his lips,

but he stores up ⁴  deceit within him. ⁵ 

[12:5]  ¹ tn Heb “thoughts.” This term refers not just to random thoughts, however, but to what is planned or devised.

[12:5]  ² sn The plans of good people are directed toward what is right. Advice from the wicked, however, is deceitful and can only lead to trouble.

[26:24]  ³ tn The Niphal imperfect from נָכַר (nakhar) means “to act [or, treat] as a foreigner [or, stranger]; to misconstrue; to disguise.” The direct object (“it”) is not present in the Hebrew text but is implied. In this passage it means that the hater speaks what is “foreign” to his thought; in other words, he dissembles.

[26:24]  ⁴ tn Or “places; puts; lays up” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB).

[26:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “within him” (so KJV, ASV) or “in his midst”; NAB “in his inmost being.”