Proverbs 12:3
A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
Berean Standard Bible
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
2The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
Job 15:29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
Proverbs 12:12The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded 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 →