Proverbs 12:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² The good obtains favour from יהוה, But the man of wicked devices He declares wrong.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of wicked devices He condemns.

American Standard Version (1901)

² A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Common English Bible

² The LORD favors good people, but he condemns schemers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Whoever is good shall draw grace from the Lord. But whoever trusts in his own thoughts acts impiously.

Proverbs 12:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:3

Aḇshalom would say to him, “Look, your matters are good and right, but you have nobody from the sovereign to hear you.”

Psalm 112:5

Tet Good is a man showing favour and lending, Yod He sustains his matters in right-ruling.

Psalm 9:15

Tet The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.

Proverbs 1:31

“Therefore let them eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own counsels.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 14:17

He who is impatient acts foolishly, And a man who plans wickedness is hated.

Proverbs 14:22

Do not those who plan evil go astray? But loving-commitment and truth are to those who plan good.

Proverbs 3:4

Thus finding favour and good insight In the eyes of Elohim and man.

Proverbs 6:18

A heart devising wicked schemes, Feet quick to run to evil,

Proverbs 8:35

“For whoever finds me shall find life, And obtain favour from יהוה,

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, and no one has power in the day of death. There is no discharge in battle, and wrongness does not release those who are given to it.

Acts 11:24

Because he was a good man, and filled with the Set-apart Spirit and with belief. And large numbers were added to the Master.

Romans 5:7

For one shall hardly die for a righteous one, though possibly for a good one someone would even have the courage to die.