Proverbs 12:2

New English Translation

A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:3

Absalom would then say to him, “Look, your claims are legitimate and appropriate. But there is no representative of the king who will listen to you.”

Psalm 112:5

It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.

Psalm 9:15

The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.

Proverbs 12:1

The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 14:17

A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated.

Proverbs 14:22

Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love.

Proverbs 3:4

Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

Proverbs 8:35

For the one who finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.

Acts 11:24

because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.

Romans 5:7

(For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.)