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In Proverbs 12:20, Solomon says, Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but counselors of peace have joy (v. 20). The heart of the matter is once again the heart itself. Evil planning is rooted in inner deceit.
Those who devise evil are not merely mistaken. Deceit lives within them because they have embraced falsehood as a way of seeing and operating. Their intentions are crooked before their actions are visible. Wickedness begins by lying to reality and to oneself.
By contrast, counselors of peace have joy. Peace-making wisdom is not joyless. Those who advise toward reconciliation, truth, and harmony share in the gladness that peace produces, something that Jesus echoes as moral beauty later in the Gospels (to learn more about how pursuing peace reflects Christ’s teaching that peacemakers are blessed, please read our commentary on Matthew 5:9).
Used with permission from TheBibleSays.com.
You can access the original article here:Proverbs 12:20 Meaning
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