OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 12:20

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Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

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Verse 20. Deceit. Or uneasiness. Calmet.—Honi soit qui mal y pense: “let him be covered with shame who thinks evil in it,” seems nearly the same import. Bible.

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