Proverbs 12:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The good obtain favor from the Lord, but those who devise evil he condemns.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of wicked devices He condemns.

American Standard Version (1901)

A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Common English Bible

The LORD favors good people, but he condemns schemers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever is good shall draw grace from the Lord. But whoever trusts in his own thoughts acts impiously.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord: but he that trusteth in his own devices doth wickedly.

Proverbs 12:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:3

Absalom would say, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no one deputed by the king to hear you.”

Psalm 112:5

It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.

Proverbs 1:31

therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.

Proverbs 14:17

One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and the schemer is hated.

Proverbs 14:22

Do not those who plan evil err? Those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

Proverbs 3:4

Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and of people.

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that hurry to run to evil,

Proverbs 8:35

For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one has power over the wind to restrain the wind or power over the day of death; there is no discharge from the battle, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.

Acts 11:24

for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were brought to the Lord.

Romans 5:7

Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die.