Proverbs 12:2

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 instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. A good man obtaineth favour of Yhwh: 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 virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 12:2 word by word

ט֗וֹב יָפִ֣יק רָ֭צוֹן מֵיְהוָ֑ה וְאִ֖ישׁ מְזִמּ֣וֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃Read the interlinear

• A goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• obtainethפּוּקpûq · to promoteH6329
• favourרָצוֹןrâtsôn râtsôn · acceptanceH7522
• of Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• but a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of wicked devicesמְזִמָּהmezimmâh · plotH4209
• will he condemnרָשַׁעrâsha‛ · be wickedH7561

Cross-references for Proverbs 12:2

• Proverbs 8:35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of Yhwh.
• Psalms 112:5A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
• Ecclesiastes 8:8There 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.
• Acts 11:24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
• Romans 5:7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some 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 6:18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
• Psalms 9:15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
• Isaiah 32:5The vile person shall be no more called liberal, 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

Topics related to Proverbs 12:2

• God
• Righteous
• Wicked (People)

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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