Proverbs 12:2
A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Proverbs 12:2 in other translations
| BSB | The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil. |
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| WEB | A good man shall obtain favor from the LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans. |
| ASV | A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn. |
| YLT | The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth. |
| DARBY | A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn. |
| BBE | A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him. |
| Webster | A good man obtaineth favor from the LORD: but a man of wicked devices he will condemn. |
What does Proverbs 12:2 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 12:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 12:2
- Proverbs 8:35
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.
- Acts 11:24
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
- Psalms 112:5
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
- Romans 5:7
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
- Isaiah 32:5-7
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
- Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Proverbs 6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
- Psalms 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 12:1
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- Proverbs 12:2
A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
- Proverbs 12:3
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Proverbs 12:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El bueno alcanzará favor de Jehová: mas él condenará al hombre de malos pensamientos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | L’homme de bien obtient la faveur de par l’ Éternel, mais l’homme qui fait des machinations, il le condamne. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Gütige erlangt Wohlgefallen von Jehova, aber den Mann der Ränke spricht er schuldig. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui bonus est hauriet gratiam a Domino; qui autem confidit in cogitationibus suis impie agit. |