Proverbs 12:2

“A good [man] obtaineth favour of the Lord, etc.] One that is made so by the grace of God, for no man is so naturally; there is none good, nor does good, no, not one, until some good thing is put into him, or the good work of grace is begun in him. And such a man obtains favour or good will from the Lord; that is, as Gersom explains it, what he himself wills, for the will of God is his will; or rather the good will of God, his grace, and layout; fresh manifestations and discoveries of which he obtains and enjoys, not by merit, through any goodness of his own, or by means of his obedience but he draws it out, as the wordf324 signifies, as out of a fountain, by prayer and supplication, and by…”

“good: Pro 8:35; Psa 112:5; Ecc 8:8; Act 11:24; Rom 5:7 a man: Pro 1:31, Pro 6:18; Psa 9:15; Isa 32:5-7 Proverbs 12:3”

“2 A good man obtaineth favour with Jahve, But the man of wicked devices He condemns. He who is an אישׁ מזמּות ( Pro 14:17, cf. Psa 37:7) is defined in Pro 24:8 : he is a man of devices, namely, that are wicked, one who contrives evil against his neighbour. The meaning of the subject-conception טוב is defined according to this, although in itself also it is clear, for טוב, used of God (e.g., Psa 73:1; Psa 86:5) and of men ( Pro 13:22; Pro 14:14), denotes the good (bonus) in the sense of the benevolent (benignus); the Scripture truths, that God is love, that love is the essence of goodness and is the fulfilling of the law, are so conformed to reason, that they stamp themselves as immediate…”