Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
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- Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
- Mark 7:21–22 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
- 1 Peter 3:8–10 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: