Proverbs 12:3
A man cannot be established by wickednesse: but the roote of the righteous shall not be mooued.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 getteth fauour of the Lord: but the man of wicked immaginations will hee condemne.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33And blessed be thy counsel, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from comming to shed blood, and that mine hand hath not saued me.
Job 15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.
Job 27:16Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,
Psalms 125:1A song of degrees. They that trust in the Lord, shalbe as mount Zion, which can not be remooued, but remaineth for euer.
Proverbs 12:12The wicked desireth the net of euils: but the roote of the righteous giueth fruite.
Ephesians 3:17That Christ may dwell in your heartes by faith:
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 →