A good man. — The corresponding phrase, “a man of wicked devices,” i.e., who plots against his neighbour, fixes the sense of “good” as signifying “benevolent” (comp. Psalms 73:1); and for the sentiment, Luke 6:35.
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Proverbs 12:2
2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.