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Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

KJV

Qui bonus est hauriet gratiam a Domino ; qui autem confidit in cogitationibus suis impie agit.

Vulgate

κρείσσων ὁ εὑρὼν χάριν παρὰ Κυρίῳ, ἀνὴρ δὲ παράνομος παρασιωπηθήσεται.

LXX

A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

ASV

ט֗וֹב יָפִ֣יק רָ֭צוֹן מֵ/יְהוָ֑ה וְ/אִ֖ישׁ מְזִמּ֣וֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
וֹ
v
noun · 53×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָּ֥פֶק
ypq
verb · 7×
מְזִמּ֣וֹת
mzmvt
noun · 19×
נִי
ny
verb · 36×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 11:24 — For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
  • Eccl 8:8 — There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are
  • Ezek 38:10 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
  • Gen 6:8 — But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
  • Isa 32:5 — The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
  • Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Prov 1:31 — Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
  • Prov 6:18 — An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
  • Prov 8:35 — For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
  • Prov 8:35 — For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
  • Prov 14:9 — Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
  • Prov 14:17 — He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
  • Prov 14:22 — Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
  • Prov 19:21 — There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
  • Ps 9:15 — The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
  • Ps 112:5 — A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
  • Ps 112:5 — A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
  • Rom 5:7 — For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.