Proverbs 12:2 - Modern English Version

² A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices will He condemn.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of wicked devices He condemns.

American Standard Version (1901)

² A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Common English Bible

² The LORD favors good people, but he condemns schemers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Whoever is good shall draw grace from the Lord. But whoever trusts in his own thoughts acts impiously.

Proverbs 12:2 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 15:3

Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your claim is good and right, but there is no one to hear you on behalf of the king.”

Psalm 112:5

It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; he will guide his affairs with justice.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; their own foot is caught in the net which they hid.

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 14:17

He who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and a man of evil schemes is hated.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth will find those who devise good.

Proverbs 3:4

So will you find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 6:18

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

Proverbs 8:35

For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No person has power over the wind to restrain it, or power over the day of death. No one is discharged from war, nor will wickedness release those who practice.

Acts 11:24

For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And many people were added to the Lord.

Romans 5:7

Rarely for a righteous man will one die. Yet perhaps for a good man some would even dare to die.