Proverbs 12:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.

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  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoever finds me finds life and will obtain favor from the LORD.
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man who has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, nor does he have power in the day of death; and there is no release from that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who are given to it.
  • Isa 32:5-7 : 5 The vile person shall no longer be called noble, nor the miser said to be generous. 6 For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make the soul of the hungry empty, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7 The schemes of the miser are evil: he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks what is right.
  • Acts 11:24 : 24 For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a great many people were added to the Lord.
  • Rom 5:7 : 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.
  • Ps 9:15 : 15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man shows favor and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion.
  • Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
  • Prov 6:18 : 18 A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 12:7-8
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    7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

    8A man is commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart will be despised.

  • Ps 112:4-5
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    4Unto the upright, there arises light in the darkness; he is gracious, full of compassion, and righteous.

    5A good man shows favor and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

  • Prov 3:4
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    4So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Prov 12:3
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    3A man will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.

  • Prov 29:26-27
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    26Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD.

    27An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Lam 3:36
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    36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.

  • Isa 26:10
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    10Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

  • Prov 12:12
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    12The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him.

  • Prov 15:9
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    9The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 14:34-35
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    34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

    35The king's favor is toward a wise servant, but his wrath is against him who causes shame.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Ps 125:4
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    4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.

  • Prov 17:23
    72%

    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 14:22
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    22Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth will be to those who devise good.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks perverse things;

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he directs his way.

  • Prov 21:10
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    10The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the upright in their way are His delight.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 19:22
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    22The desire of a man is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

  • Prov 3:32
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    32For the perverse person is an abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

  • Prov 16:7
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    7When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

  • Matt 12:35
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    35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

  • Prov 28:23
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    23He who rebukes a man afterward shall find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • Prov 12:1
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    1Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is foolish.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Prov 22:12
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    12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the transgressor.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

  • Ps 10:3
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    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.

  • Ps 37:22-23
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    71%

    22For those blessed by him shall inherit the earth, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

    23The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and he delights in his way.

  • Ps 37:16
    71%

    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.