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Proverbs 12:2
2A good man obtains favor from Adonai, but He condemns a person with evil 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 knowledge loves correction, but whoever hates reproof is stupid. A good man obtains favor from Adonai, but He condemns a person with evil schemes. 3No one is made secure by wickedness, but a righteous root will not be moved. 4A virtuous wife is her husband’s crown, but a dishonoring one 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 whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from Adonai.
- Psalms 112:5Good comes to a man who is gracious and lends. He will order his affairs with fairness.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, nor authority over the day of death. As no one is discharged during a battle, so wickedness cannot rescue its master.
- Acts 11:24For Barnabas was a good man, full of the Ruach ha-Kodesh and faith. And a large number was added to the Lord.
- Romans 5:7For rarely will anyone die for a righteous man—though perhaps for a good man someone might even dare to die.
- Proverbs 1:31so they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own schemes.
- Proverbs 6:18a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet that run to evil,
- Psalms 9:15Then I will tell all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion, rejoicing in Your salvation.
- Isaiah 32:5No longer will a fool be called noble, or a scoundrel said to be a gentleman.
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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