Proverbs 12:2

Proverbs chapter 12 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

v.2This passage

v.3A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 32:5

    The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

  • Proverbs 1:31

    Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:8

    There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

  • Proverbs 8:35

    For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.

  • Psalms 112:5

    Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.

  • Psalms 9:15

    The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.