Proverbs 12:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ט֗וֹב יָפִ֣יק רָ֭צוֹן מֵיְהוָ֑ה וְאִ֖ישׁ מְזִמּ֣וֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃

Transliteration

ṭôḇ yāp̄îq rāṣôn mēyhwāh wəʾîš məzimmôṯ yaršîaʿ

Grammar Details

*ṭôḇ*: adjective, masculine singular - good (person)
*yāp̄îq*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - obtains/produces
*rāṣôn*: noun, masculine singular - favor/goodwill/acceptance
*mēyhwāh*: preposition + proper noun - from YHWH/the LORD
*wəʾîš*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and man of
*məzimmôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - evil devices/schemes/plots
*yaršîaʿ*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - condemns/declares guilty

Word Meanings

*ṭôḇ*: good (person)/good man/the good
*yāp̄îq*: obtains/produces/gets
*rāṣôn*: favor/goodwill/acceptance/pleasure
*məzimmôṯ*: evil devices/schemes/plots/wicked plans
*yaršîaʿ*: condemns/pronounces guilty/acts wickedly

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
Eccl 8:8 : 8 There 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.
Isa 32:5-7 : 5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. 6 For 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. 7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
Acts 11:24 : 24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
Rom 5:7 : 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
Ps 9:15 : 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Prov 6:18 : 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

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