Proverbs 12:3
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
King James Version with Apocrypha
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 the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Job 15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Psalms 125:1They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Proverbs 12:12The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Ephesians 3:17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, 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 →