Proverbs 12:2
A good man, obtaineth favour from Yahweh, but, a man of wicked devices, will he condemn.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 brutish.
Cross References
Psalms 9:15The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.
Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.
Proverbs 8:35For, he that findeth me, findeth life, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh;
Ecclesiastes 8:8No man, hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit, and, none, hath power over the day of death, and there is no furlough in war,—neither shall lawlessness deliver them who are given thereto.
Acts 11:24Because he was a good man, and full of Holy Spirit and faith; and a considerable multitude were added unto 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 →