New English Translation
Proverbs 12:2
2A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked 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
1The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid. A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes. 3No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved. 4A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully 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
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Cross-references for Proverbs 12:2
- Proverbs 8:35For the one who finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord.
- Psalms 112:5It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.
- Acts 11:24because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.
- Romans 5:7(For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.)
- Proverbs 1:31Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.
- Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,
- Psalms 9:15The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
- Isaiah 32:5A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled.
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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