Proverbs 12:2
Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.
In context
1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid. 2 Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes. 3 No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted. 4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 12:2 in the KJV
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 12:2 in the ESV
A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns.