Proverbs 12:3
No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.
Bible in Basic English
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 has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.
Job 15:29He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.
Job 27:16Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;
Psalms 125:1A Song of the going up. Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.
Proverbs 12:12The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.
Ephesians 3:17So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,
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 →