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Proverbs 12:2
Proverbs 12:2 is verse 2 of Proverbs chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
King James Version
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
World English Bible
A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans.
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Proverbs 12:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
3 A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 8:35For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
Psalms 112:5It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Acts 11:24Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
Romans 5:7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
Isaiah 32:5No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
Isaiah 32:6For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
Isaiah 32:7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.