Proverbs 12:2

The Message

A good person basks in the delight of God, and he wants nothing to do with devious schemers.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:3

Then Absalom would say, “Look, you’ve got a strong case; but the king isn’t going to listen to you.” Then he’d say, “Why doesn’t someone make me a judge for this country? Anybody with a case could bring it to me and I’d settle things fair and square.” Whenever someone would treat him with special honor, he’d shrug it off and treat him like an equal, making him feel important. Absalom did this to everyone who came to do business with the king and stole the hearts of everyone in Israel.

Psalm 9:15

They’re trapped, those godless countries, in the very snares they set, Their feet all tangled in the net they spread. They have no excuse; the way God works is well-known. The shrewd machinery made by the wicked has maimed their own hands.

Proverbs 12:1

If you love learning, you love the discipline that goes with it— how shortsighted to refuse correction!

Proverbs 14:17

The hotheaded do things they’ll later regret; the coldhearted get the cold shoulder.

Proverbs 14:22

Isn’t it obvious that conspirators lose out, while the thoughtful win love and trust?

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one can control the wind or lock it in a box. No one has any say-so regarding the day of death. No one can stop a battle in its tracks. No one who does evil can be saved by evil.