Proverbs 12:2
He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord: but he that trusteth in his own devices doth wickedly.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Qui bonus est hauriet gratiam a Domino ; qui autem confidit in cogitationibus suis impie agit.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- κρείσσων ὁ εὑρὼν χάριν παρὰ Κυρίῳ, ἀνὴρ δὲ παράνομος παρασιωπηθήσεται.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- ט֗וֹב יָפִ֣יק רָ֭צוֹן מֵיְהוָ֑ה וְאִ֖ישׁ מְזִמּ֣וֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ
Haydock's commentary
But. Hebrew, "and he will condemn the man of devices," (Mont.[Montanus?]; Haydock) or, "the man of thoughts doth wickedly," (Calmet) as he trusts in them, rather than in God. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Hippolytus On Proverbs, Section I
Not from men, but with the Lord, will he obtain favour.