Proverbs 12:3
A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall never be moved.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 favour of the LORD; but a man of wicked devices will He condemn.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from finding redress for myself with mine own hand.
Job 15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth.
Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Psalms 125:1A Song of Ascents. They that trust in the LORD are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
Proverbs 12:12The wicked desireth the prey of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
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 →