Proverbs 12:5-7 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. 

‘Thoughts’ [Hebrew: machshebowth] devices, plans (12:5; 15:26; 16:3; 21:5; Gen. 6:5; Ps. 33:11; 40:5; 56:5; 94:11; Isa. 55:7-8).

‘Counsels of the wicked.’ Six examples of wicked counsellors: Korah and company (Num. 16:1-50); Jeroboam (1Kin. 12:28); Sanballat (Neh. 6:2); Haman (Est. 3:5-8); Herod (Matt. 2:8, 16) and Judas (John 12:4-6).

‘Deceit’ [Hebrew: mirmah] cheating, deception (12:5, 17, 20; 14:8, 25; 26:24).

‘Words’ [Hebrew: dabar] speech. The speech or talk of the wicked concerns murder, but the words of the innocent deliver them from the plans of the wicked.

‘The wicked are overthrown.’ Three examples of the wicked being overthrown: Pre-Adamites (Gen. 1:2; Isa. 14:12-14; Jer. 4:23-26; 2Pet. 3:5-7); Antediluvians (Genesis 6-8); Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19:1-38).

‘But the house of the righteous shall stand.’ Three examples of righteous houses standing: are Abraham (Gen. 17:19; Luke 1:70-73); David (2Sam. 7:1-29; Ps. 89:3-4) and Jacob (Luke 1:32-33).