Proverbs 12:2 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

² The good obtain favor from the Lord, but those who devise evil he condemns.

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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

Absalom would say, “See, your claims are good and right; but there is no one deputed by the king to hear you.”

Psalm 112:5

It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.

Proverbs 1:31

therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.

Proverbs 14:17

One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and the schemer is hated.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err that plan evil? Those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

Proverbs 3:4

So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and of people.

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that hurry to run to evil,

Proverbs 8:35

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

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one has power over the wind to restrain the wind, or power over the day of death; there is no discharge from the battle, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.

Acts 11:24

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

Romans 5:7

Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die.