Proverbs 12:3
Man will not be made strong from impiety. And the root of the just shall not be moved.
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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
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33And blessed are you, who prevented me today from going to blood, and from taking revenge for myself with my own hand.
Job 15:29He will not be enriched, nor will his basic necessities endure, nor will he establish his root in the earth.
Job 27:16If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
Psalms 125:1A Canticle in steps. When the Lord turned back the captivity of Zion, we became like those who are consoled.
Proverbs 12:12The desire of the impious is the fortification of what is most wicked. But the root of the just shall prosper.
Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may live in your hearts through a faith rooted in, and founded on, charity.
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 →