Proverbs 12:2
A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
A good man obtaineth fauour of the LORD: but a man of wicked deuices will he condemne.
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- Proverbs 8:35Rank 1 from verse 2
- Acts 11:24Rank 2 from verse 2
- Psalms 112:5Rank 3 from verse 2
- Romans 5:7Rank 4 from verse 2
- Isaiah 32:5–7Rank 5 from verse 2
5The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
5The vile person shall be no more called liberall, nor the churle sayd to be bountifull.
6For the vile person wil speake villenie, and his heart will worke iniquitie, to practise hypocrisie, and to vtter errour against the LORD, to make emptie the soule of the hungry, and hee will cause the drinke of the thirstie to faile.
7‖The instruments also of the churle are euill: he deuiseth wicked deuices, to destroy the poore with lying wordes, euen when the needie speaketh right.
- Proverbs 1:31Rank 6 from verse 2
- Ecclesiastes 8:8Rank 7 from verse 2
8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
8*‖ There is no man that hath power ouer the spirit to retaine the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that warre, neither shall wickednesse deliuer those that are giuen to it.
- Proverbs 6:18Rank 8 from verse 2
- Psalms 9:15Rank 9 from verse 2
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Proverbs 12:2
Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Sense 1: Goodwill, approval, acceptance, kindness, mercy, support, or beneficial regard. Sense 2: Pleasing appearance or charm. Sense 3: To regard, support, prefer, or treat kindly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Plans, purposes, designs, or schemes formed in the mind.
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To pronounce guilty or wrong; to sentence, judge against, disapprove, or doom.
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1WHOSO loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
1¶ Whoso loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth reproofe, is brutish.
2A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
2A good man obtaineth fauour of the LORD: but a man of wicked deuices will he condemne.
Selected passage3A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
3*A man shall not bee established by wickednesse: but the roote of the righteous shall not be mooued.