Proverbs 12:3
לֹא ־ יִכּוֹן אָדָם בְּרֶשַׁע וְשֹׁרֶשׁ צַדִּיקִים בַּל ־ יִמּֽוֹט ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
2טוֹב יָפִיק רָצוֹן מֵיְהוָה וְאִישׁ מְזִמּוֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ ׃
4אֵֽשֶׁת ־ חַיִל עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ וּכְרָקָב בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו מְבִישָֽׁה ׃
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:33וּבָרוּךְ טַעְמֵךְ וּבְרוּכָה אָתְּ אֲשֶׁר כְּלִתִנִי הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה מִבּוֹא בְדָמִים וְהֹשֵׁעַ יָדִי לִֽי ׃
Job 15:29לֹֽא ־ יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא ־ יָקוּם חֵילוֹ וְלֹֽא ־ יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָֽם ׃
Job 27:16אִם ־ יִצְבֹּר כֶּעָפָר כָּסֶף וְכַחֹמֶר יָכִין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ ׃
Psalms 125:1שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת הַבֹּטְחִים בַּיהוָה כְּֽהַר ־ צִיּוֹן לֹא ־ יִמּוֹט לְעוֹלָם יֵשֵֽׁב ׃
Proverbs 12:12חָמַד רָשָׁע מְצוֹד רָעִים וְשֹׁרֶשׁ צַדִּיקִים יִתֵּֽן ׃
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 →