Proverbs 12:2
Whoever is good shall draw grace from the Lord. But whoever trusts in his own thoughts acts impiously.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
In Context
1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. But whoever hates correction is unwise.
3Man will not be made strong from impiety. And the root of the just shall not be moved.
Cross References
Psalms 9:15You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
Proverbs 1:31Therefore, they shall eat the fruit of their way, and they shall have their fill of their own counsels.
Proverbs 8:35He who finds me, finds life, and he will draw salvation from the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 8:8It is not in the power of a man to prohibit the spirit, nor does he have authority over the day of death, nor is he permitted to rest when war breaks out, and neither will impiety save the impious.
Acts 11:24For he was a good man, and he was filled with the Holy Spirit and with faith. And a great multitude was added 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 →