Proverbs 12:3
An adam shall not be made secure by resha, 1 but the shoresh tzaddikim (root of the righteous ones) shall not be moved. + 12:3 T.N. Cf 12:4 and 31:10 . 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33And baruch be thy good sense, and berukhah be thou, who hast kept me this yom from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own yad.
Job 15:29He shall not be osher, neither shall his substance continue; 1 neither shall their possessions spread over ha'aretz. 1
Job 27:16Though he heap up kesef as the aphar, 1 and pile up raiment as the clay, 1
Psalms 125:1(Shir HaMa'alot [Song of Ascents]) 1 shall be as Mount Tziyon, which is immoveable, 1 and abideth l'olam. 1
Proverbs 12:12The resha coveteth the catch of ra'im (evil men), 1 but the shoresh (root) of the tzaddikim yieldeth fruit. 1
Ephesians 3:17So that Moshiach may make His maon (dwelling place, permanent residence, home) in your levavot through emunah, being rooted and grounded in ahavah,
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 →