Bible verse

Proverbs 12:2

The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

Proverbs 12:2 · BSB

Proverbs 12:2 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 12.

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.

5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Read all of Proverbs 12

Proverbs 12:2 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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