Proverbs 12:2
1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
- KJV
- A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
- WEB
- A good man shall obtain favor from the LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans.
- ASV
- A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
- DARBY
- A good [man] obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.
- BLB
- A good one brings forth favor from YHWH, and a man of schemes He will condemn.
- ÅB
- Den gode får nåde hos Herren, men den svikefulle mann fordømmer han.
- OTB
- En god person får nåde fra Herren, men Han fordømmer dem som planlegger ondt.
- B1930
- Den gode får nåde hos Herren, men den svikefulle mann fordømmer han.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 8:35
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
Read in contextActs 11:24
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
Read in contextPsalms 112:5
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Read in contextRomans 5:7
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
Read in contextIsaiah 32:5–7
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Read in contextProverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Read in contextProverbs 6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Read in contextPsalms 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Read in context