A good man obtaineth favor of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
And Ab´salom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
A good man showeth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
so shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the Lord.
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.