Proverbs 12:2
A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
In Context
1A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
3No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.
Cross References
Psalms 9:15\9:14\So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.
Proverbs 1:31So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.
Proverbs 8:35For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.
Ecclesiastes 8:8No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.
Acts 11:24For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:2
Advantages of the Righteous. 1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. We are here taught to try whether we have grace or no by enquiring how we stand affected to the means of grace. 1. Those that have grace and love it will delight in all the instructions that are given them by way of counsel; admonition, or reproof, by the word or providence of God; they will value a good education, and think it not a hardship, but a happiness, to be under a strict and prudent… Read the whole commentary →