American Standard Version
Proverbs 12:2
2A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah;But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Proverbs 12:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
- New International Version (NIV)Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A good man obtains favor from the Lord, But a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.
Context of Proverbs 12:2
1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish. A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn. 3A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved. 4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:2 word by word
ט֗וֹב יָפִ֣יק רָ֭צוֹן מֵיְהוָ֑ה וְאִ֖ישׁ מְזִמּ֣וֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:2
- Proverbs 8:35For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
- Psalms 112:5Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
- Acts 11:24for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
- Romans 5:7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die.
- Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
- Proverbs 6:18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
- Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- Isaiah 32:5The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Commentaries on Proverbs 12:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2A good man obtaineth favor - First, it is God who makes him good; for every child of Adam is bad till the grace of God changes his heart. Secondly, while he walks in the path of obedience he increases in goodness, and consequently in the favor of the Lord.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2Verse 2 The man who covers selfish and vicious designs under a profession of religion or friendship, will be condemned.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-28Pr 12:1-28. 1. loveth knowledge--as the fruit of instruction or training (Pr 1:2). hateth reproof--(Pr 10:17). brutish--stupid, regardless of his own welfare (Psa 49:10; 73:22).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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