Focused Passage

Proverbs 12:2

Discipline, Truthful Speech, Diligence, and the Stable Root of the Righteous

The chapter moves through moral contrasts around discipline, stability, household life, prudence, work, speech, counsel, truth, peace, diligence, anxiety, friendship, and the life-giving path of righteousness.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

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Verse 2

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The good [man] ט֗וֹב H2896 Adjective - masculine singular obtains יָפִ֣יק H6329 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular favor רָ֭צוֹן H7522 Noun - masculine singular from the LORD מֵיְהוָ֑ה H3068 Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular but [the LORD] condemns יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃ H7561 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular a man וְאִ֖ישׁ H376 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct who devises evil מְזִמּ֣וֹת H4209 Noun - feminine plural

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