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Proverbs 12

Prov. 12:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
man obtaineth
puwq (Hebrew #6329)
to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secure; figuratively, to succeed
KJV usage: afford, draw out, further, get, obtain.
Pronounce: pook
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 6328 through the idea of dropping out; compare 5312)
favor
ratsown (Hebrew #7522)
from 7521; delight (especially as shown)
KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Pronounce: raw-tsone'
Origin: or ratson {raw-tsone'}
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: but a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of wicked devices
mzimmah (Hebrew #4209)
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
KJV usage: (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.
Pronounce: mez-im-maw'
Origin: from 2161
will he condemn
rasha` (Hebrew #7561)
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
KJV usage: condemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: raw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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

J. N. Darby Translation

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A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.