Proverbs 12:2
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.”
טוֹב
Taste and see. David does not say understand or agree — he says taste. Towb is goodness you experience, not just believe in. God's goodness is not a theological position. It is something you encounter when you draw near to Him.
רָצוֹן
favor
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רָצוֹן
Pleasure, delight, acceptance. Ratson. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight. His pleasure is the goal not our performance.
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רָשַׁע
he condemns as guilty
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רָשַׁע
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
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פּוּק
he obtains
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פּוּק
to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secure; figuratively, to succeed
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מְזִמָּה
evil devices
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מְזִמָּה
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
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