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Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Proverbs 12:2 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

    BBE

  • A good [man] obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.

    DBY

  • A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, But he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

    WEB

  • The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

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

3A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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