Proverbs 12:2
The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
In Context
1Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof [is] brutish.
3A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.
Cross References
Psalms 9:15Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
Proverbs 1:31And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.
Proverbs 8:35For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.
Acts 11:24because 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 →