Proverbs 12:3
People do not become secure/safe by doing what is wicked; righteous people will be very safe and secure [LIT] like [MET] a tree that has deep roots.
Translation for Translators
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
2Yahweh is pleased with good people, but he condemns those who plan to harm others.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33I hope/desire that Yahweh will bless you for being very wise. You have prevented me from taking revenge myself and killing many people [MTY] today.
Job 15:29But they will not remain rich very long; Everything that they own will be taken from them; their possessions will all disappear.
Job 27:16Sometimes wicked people accumulate a huge amount [SIM] of silver and pile up clothes like [SIM] those clothes were a pile of clay,
Psalms 125:1Those/We who trust in Yahweh are as secure/steadfast [SIM] as Zion Hill, which cannot be shaken and can never be moved.
Proverbs 12:12Wicked people desire to take away what other evil people have, but Yahweh enables righteous/godly people to be steadfast and productive [MET].
Ephesians 3:17That is, I pray that because of your trusting in Christ, his Spirit may live in your ◄inner beings/hearts► (OR, he may live in your hearts). And I pray that because you love Christ firmly and faithfully/continually [MET], you,
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 →