Proverbs 12:2
The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
- Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.
- Isa 32:5-7 : 5 A fool is no more called `noble,' And to a miser it is not said, `rich;' 6 For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack. 7 And the miser -- his instruments `are' evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.
- Acts 11:24 : 24 because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord.
- Rom 5:7 : 7 for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;
- Ps 9:15 : 15 Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
- Ps 112:5 : 5 Good `is' the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.
- Prov 1:31 : 31 And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.
- Prov 6:18 : 18 A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --
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36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.
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14From the fruit of the mouth `is' one satisfied `with' good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.
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4Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, And to the upright in their hearts.
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23A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
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22Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth `are' to those devising good,
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12To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,
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29A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way.
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10The soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour.
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20An abomination to Jehovah `are' the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way `are' His delight.
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5The thoughts of the righteous `are' justice, The counsels of the wicked -- deceit.
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5Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
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2And He also `is' wise, and bringeth in evil, And His words He hath not turned aside, And He hath risen against a house of evil doers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.