Proverbs 12:3
A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Darby Translation
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] obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33And blessed be thy discernment, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Job 15:29He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
Psalms 125:1{A Song of degrees.} They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.
Proverbs 12:12The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]; but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
Ephesians 3:17that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded 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 →