Proverbs 12:2

2 Good people obtain favor from the LORD, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.

Proverbs 12:2 in Other Translations

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

2 A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of evil devices he condemns.

2 The LORD approves of those who are good, but he condemns those who plan wickedness.

2 A good person basks in the delight of God, and he wants nothing to do with devious schemers.

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

2 A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns everyone who schemes.

2 The good obtain favor from the Lord, but He condemns a man who schemes.

2 The LORD blesses anyone who does good. But he judges any man who is tricky.

Proverbs 12:2 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 12:2

A good [man] obtaineth favour of the Lord
One that is made so by the grace of God, for no man is so naturally; there is none good, nor does good, no, not one, until some good thing is put into him, or the good work of grace is begun in him. And such a man obtains favour or good will from the Lord; that is, as Gersom explains it, what he himself wills, for the will of God is his will; or rather the good will of God, his grace, and layout; fresh manifestations and discoveries of which he obtains and enjoys, not by merit, through any goodness of his own, or by means of his obedience but he draws it out, as the word ^F12 signifies, as out of a fountain, by prayer and supplication, and by fresh repeated acts of faith upon it; which may be said to be ad and enjoyed, when it is remembered to him, he is encompassed with it, or it is shed abroad in his heart, or his heart is directed into it; and he also obtains and enjoys all the blessings, of grace here, and glory hereafter, as springing from it; but a man of wicked devices will he condemn;
whose thoughts, and the imaginations of his heart, are evil continually; who is always contriving mischief to others: such a man shall be so far from enjoying the favour of God, that he shall be pronounced guilty of death, and condemned to it; he shall be banished from the presence of the Lord, and be punished with everlasting destruction. As the man of sin is continually devising wicked things against God, against Christ, against his interest and people; he shall be condemned by the Lord, consumed with the breath of his mouth; go into perdition, and be cast into the lake burning with fire and brimstone: and this will be the portion of all his followers, that join with him in forming and executing his wicked devices.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (qypy) "educet", Pagninus, Montanus, "hauriet", V. L. "haurit", Mercerus, Gejerus.

Proverbs 12:2 In-Context

1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.

2 Good people obtain favor from the LORD, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.

3 No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Cross References

• 1. S Job 33:26; Psalms 84:11
• 2. 2 Samuel 15:3; S Proverbs 11:20