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Proverbs 12:2

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12:2A good person obtains favor from the Lord,

but the Lord3 condemns a person with wicked schemes.4

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Footnotes

  1. 3 Heb “but he condemns”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 4 Heb “a man of wicked plans.” The noun מְזִמּוֹת (mézimmot, “evil plans”) functions as an attributive genitive: “an evil-scheming man.” Cf. “a man who devises evil”; “the schemer.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A good man obtains favor from the Lord,

but a man of evil devices he condemns.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Good people obtain favor from the Lord,

but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

One who is good obtains favor from the Lord,

but he condemns a person who schemes.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord approves of those who are good,

but he condemns those who plan wickedness.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The good obtains favor from Yahweh,

but anyone who schemes, he condemns.

KJV 1900King James Version

A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord:

But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.