Proverbs 12:2 {3}
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Man shall not be strengthened by wickedness: and the root of the just shall not be moved.

good

Proverbs 8:35 But he that shall sin against me shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.

Psalm 112:5 Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment:

Ecclesiastes 8:8 It is not in man's power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.

Acts 11:24 For he was a good man and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.

Romans 5:7 For scarce for a just man will one die: yet perhaps for a good man some one would dare to die.

a man

Proverbs 1:31 The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 6:18 A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.

Psalm 9:15 I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.

Isaiah 32:5-7 The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great: . . .

Context
Loving Discipline and Knowledge
1He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord: but he that trusteth in his own devices, doth wickedly. 2Man shall not be strengthened by wickedness: and the root of the just shall not be moved.3A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is as rottenness in his bones.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:3
And Absalom answered him: Thy words seem to me good and just. But there is no man appointed by the king to hear thee. And Absalom said:

Proverbs 3:4
Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.

Proverbs 8:35
But he that shall sin against me shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.

Proverbs 12:1
He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord: but he that trusteth in his own devices, doth wickedly.

Proverbs 14:22
They err that work evil: but mercy and truth prepare good things.

Lexicon
The good [man]
ט֗וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

obtains
יָפִ֣יק (yā·p̄îq)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6329: To issue, furnish, to secure, to succeed

favor
רָ֭צוֹן (rā·ṣō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7522: Goodwill, favor, acceptance, will

from the LORD,
מֵיְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH

but [the LORD] condemns
יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃ (yar·šî·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7561: To be, wrong, to disturb, violate

a man
וְאִ֖ישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who devises evil.
מְזִמּ֣וֹת (mə·zim·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4209: A plan, evil, sometimes good


Additional Translations
The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

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

He that has found favour with the Lord is made better; but a transgressor shall be passed over in silence.

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

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

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

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

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