Proverbs 12:2
He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord : but he that trusteth in his own devices doth wickedly.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
In Context
1He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is foolish.
3Men shall not be strengthened by wickedness: and the root of the just shall not be moved.
Cross References
Psalms 9:15Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
Proverbs 1:31Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 8:35He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord:
Ecclesiastes 8:8It is not in man's power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.
Acts 11:24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of 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 →