Proverbs 12:2
King James Version (KJV)
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
In context
1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 12:2 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
- WEB World English Bible
- A good man shall obtain favor from the LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
- ASV American Standard Version
- A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
- DBY Darby Translation
- A good [man] obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.
- WBS Webster Bible
- A good man obtaineth favor from the LORD: but a man of wicked devices he will condemn.