Proverbs 12:2
A good man shall obtain favor from Adonai, 2 but he will condemn as guilty a man of wicked devices. 1
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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 9:15ט The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. 2 In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. 1
Proverbs 1:31Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, 2 and be filled with their own schemes. 1
Proverbs 8:35For whoever finds me, finds life, 2 and will obtain favor from Adonai. 1
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 →