American Standard Version
Proverbs 12:3
3A man shall not be established by wickedness;But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Proverbs 12:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
- New International Version (NIV)No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
- English Standard Version (ESV)No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A man is not established by wickedness, But the root of the righteous cannot be moved.
Context of Proverbs 12:3
1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn. A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved. 4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. 5The thoughts of the righteous are just; Butthe counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:3 word by word
לֹא־יִכּ֣וֹן אָדָ֣ם בְּרֶ֑שַׁע וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:3
- Proverbs 10:25When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
- Job 5:3I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- Job 15:1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
- 1 Samuel 25:33and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
- Ephesians 3:17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
- Colossians 2:7rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Commentaries on Proverbs 12:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3A man shall not be established by wickedness - Evil is always variable: it has no fixed principle, except the root that is in the human heart; and even that is ever assuming new forms. Nothing is permanent but goodness; and that is unchangeable, because it comes from God. The produce of goodness is permanent, because it has God's blessing in it: the fruit of wickedness, or the property procured by wickedness, is transitory, because it has God's curse in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3Verse 3 Though men may advance themselves by sinful arts, they cannot settle and secure themselves. But those who by faith are rooted in Christ, are firmly fixed.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Wickedness cannot give permanent prosperity. root ... not be moved--firm as a flourishing tree--(Psa 1:3; 15:5; Jr 17:8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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