Proverbs 12:3
A person cannot be established by wickedness, 1 but righteous people cannot be uprooted. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
2Yahweh gives favor to a good man, 1 but he condemns a man who makes evil plans. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33Your wisdom is blessed and you are blessed, because you have kept me today from bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand!
Job 15:29He will not be rich; his wealth will not last 1 and his possessions will not spread over the land. 1
Job 27:16Though the wicked man heaps up silver like the dust, 1 and heaps up clothing like clay, 1
Psalms 125:1Those who trust in Yahweh 1 are like Mount Zion, unshakable, forever enduring. 1
Proverbs 12:12The wicked person desires what evil men have stolen from others, 1 but the fruit of righteous people comes from themselves. 1
Ephesians 3:17I pray that Christ may live in your hearts through faith, that you will be rooted and grounded in his 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 →