English Standard Version
Proverbs 12:3
3No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A man is not established by wickedness, But the root of the righteous cannot be moved.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Wickedness never brings stability, but the godly have deep roots.
Context of Proverbs 12:3
1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. 2A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns. No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved. 4An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones. 5The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
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 tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established forever.
- Job 5:3I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
- Job 15:1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
- 1 Samuel 25:33Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from working salvation with my own hand!
- Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
- Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you 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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