Proverbs 12:2

New American Bible - revised edition

A good person wins favor from the Lord, but the schemer he condemns.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:3

Absalom would say to him, “Your case is good and just, but there is no one to hear you in the king’s name.”

Psalm 112:5

It is good for the man gracious in lending, who conducts his affairs with justice.

Psalm 9:15

Then I will declare all your praises, sing joyously of your salvation in the gates of daughter Zion.

Proverbs 1:31

Well, then, they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and with their own devices be glutted.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 14:17

The quick-tempered make fools of themselves, and schemers are hated.

Proverbs 14:22

Do not those who plan evil go astray? But those who plan good win steadfast loyalty.

Proverbs 3:4

Then will you win favor and esteem before God and human beings.

Proverbs 6:18

A heart that plots wicked schemes, feet that are quick to run to evil,

Proverbs 8:35

For whoever finds me finds life, and wins favor from the Lord;

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one is master of the breath of life so as to retain it, and none has mastery of the day of death. There is no exemption in wartime, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.

Acts 11:24

for he was a good man, filled with the holy Spirit and faith. And a large number of people was added to the Lord.

Romans 5:7

Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person, though perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to die.