Avshalom said to him, Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized of the king to hear you.
Proverbs 12:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) A good man shall obtain favor from the LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: But a man of wicked devices will he condemn. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of wicked devices He condemns. American Standard Version (1901) A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn. Common English Bible The LORD favors good people, but he condemns schemers. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever is good shall draw grace from the Lord. But whoever trusts in his own thoughts acts impiously. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord: but he that trusteth in his own devices doth wickedly. |
Avshalom said to him, Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized of the king to hear you.
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from the LORD.
There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.
For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die.