Proverbs 12:2
A tov (good man) obtaineth ratzon (favor) from Hashem, 1 but an ish mezimor (a man of crafty devices) will He condemn. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
Cross References
Psalms 9:15That I may show forth all Thy praise in the Sha'arei Bat Tziyon. 1 I will rejoice in Thy Yeshu'ah (salvation). 1
Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the p'ri (fruit) of their own derech, 1 and be filled with their own mo'atzot (schemes, devices). 1
Proverbs 8:35For whosoever findeth me findeth Chayyim, 1 and shall obtain ratzon Hashem. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no adam that hath power over the ruach to restrain ruach; neither hath he shilton (power) over the yom hamavet; and there is no discharge in war; neither shall resha deliver its possessor.
Acts 11:24For Bar-Nabba was a mentsh, a gavra, an ish tov full of the Ruach Hakodesh and of emunah. And a great multitude was added to Adoneinu.
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 →