Proverbs 12:2
The good man obtaineth favor from the LORD; But the man of wicked devices he condemneth.
Noyes Bible
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 who loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he who hateth rebuke remaineth stupid.
3A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Cross References
Psalms 9:15The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.
Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own devices;
Proverbs 8:35For he that findeth me findeth life, And obtaineth favor from the LORD;
Ecclesiastes 8:8No man hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit, and no man hath power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war; and wickedness shall not deliver those that are guilty of it.
Acts 11:24for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit 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 →