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Commentary for Proverbs 12:2

ט֗וֹב יָפִ֣יק רָ֭צוֹן מֵיְהוָ֑ה וְאִ֖ישׁ מְזִמּ֣וֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃

A good man shall obtain favour of the LORD; But a man of wicked devices will He condemn.

Rashi on Proverbs

A good man will obtain Heb. יפיק. He will draw satisfaction from the Holy One, blessed be He, to bring goodness to the world.
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Rashi on Proverbs

but a man of evil devices will condemn One who has evil devices will condemn. He will condemn the people to bring evil [upon them], and so he states (Ecc. 9:18): “but one sinner destroys much good.”
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