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Proverbs 12:3
3No one can use wicked things to make himself safe. But a righteous person has strong roots.
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
1Do you want to know the right way to live? Then you must accept it when people warn you that you have done something wrong. Only stupid people hate it when people warn them. 2The Lord helps good people. But he punishes people who want to do evil things. No one can use wicked things to make himself safe. But a righteous person has strong roots. 4A good wife will bring honour to her husband, like a crown. But a wife who brings shame to her husband will take away his strength. 5Righteous people want to do things that are right. But do not trust the advice of wicked people.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:3 word by word
לֹא־יִכּ֣וֹן אָדָ֣ם בְּרֶ֑שַׁע וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:3
- Proverbs 10:25When the storm has finished, wicked people are no longer there. But righteous people are still standing safely.
- Job 5:3I have seen fools who seemed to be successful. But suddenly a curse destroyed their homes.
- Job 15:1Then Eliphaz, the man from Teman, replied to Job. This is what he said:
- 1 Samuel 25:33I thank you for your wisdom. May the Lord bless you because of what you have done to help me. You have stopped me from killing people today. I would have punished these people myself.
- Ephesians 3:17I pray that Christ will make his home in you, as you believe in him. Then you will know God's love very well. You will be like trees that have roots which go down deep into God's love. That will make you strong.
- Colossians 2:7Get your strength from Christ himself, so that you become stronger and stronger. Continue to believe the true message that we taught you. And thank God very much for everything.
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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