Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 12:2
2One who is good obtains favor from the Lord, but he condemns a person who schemes.
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
1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is stupid. One who is good obtains favor from the Lord, but he condemns a person who schemes. 3No one can be made secure by wickedness, but the root of the righteous is immovable. 4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a wife who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:2 word by word
ט֗וֹב יָפִ֣יק רָ֭צוֹן מֵיְהוָ֑ה וְאִ֖ישׁ מְזִמּ֣וֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:2
- Proverbs 8:35For the one who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,
- Psalms 112:5Good will come to the one who lends generously and conducts his business fairly.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; no one is discharged during battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.
- Acts 11:24for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And large numbers of people were added to the Lord.
- Romans 5:7For rarely will someone die for a just person — though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die.
- Proverbs 1:31they will eat the fruit of their way and be glutted with their own schemes.
- Proverbs 6:18a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet eager to run to evil,
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into the pit they made; their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.
- Isaiah 32:5A fool will no longer be called a noble, nor a scoundrel said to be important.
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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