Proverbs 12:3
A man cannot be firmly established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous will not be moved.
Leeser Tanakh
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 obtaineth favor of the Lord; but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33And blessed be thy intelligence, and blessed be thou, who hast prevented me this day from coming unto blood-guiltiness, and from helping myself with my own hand.
Job 15:29[Yet] will he not remain rich, neither will his wealth endure, nor will he attain their perfection on earth.
Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare garments [as plentifully] as the clay:
Psalms 125:1“A song of the degrees.” Those who trust in the Lord are like mount Zion, which will not he moved, which endureth for ever.
Proverbs 12:12The wicked is covetous for the net of evil men; but [God] giveth root to the righteous.
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 →