Proverbs 12:3
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
In Context
2A good man shall obtain favor of LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, who have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
Job 15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay,
Psalms 125:1Those who trust in LORD are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
Proverbs 12:12A wicked man desires the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous gives.
Ephesians 3:17For the Christ to dwell in your hearts through faith,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:3
2 A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord : but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. Note, 1. We are really as we are with God. Those are happy, truly happy, for ever happy, that obtain favour of the Lord, though the world frown upon them, and they find little favour with men; for in God's favour is life, and that is the fountain of all good. On the other hand those are miserable whom he condemns, however men may applaud them, and cry them up; whom he condemns he condemns to the second death. 2. We are with… Read the whole commentary →