Proverbs 12:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.”
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“The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 12:2 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Psalms 112:5It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
- Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
- Proverbs 8:35For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
- Proverbs 14:17A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
- Isaiah 32:5No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
- Acts 11:24Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
- Romans 5:7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
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