God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 12:3
3A person cannot stand firm on a foundation of wickedness, and the roots of righteous people cannot 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
1Whoever loves discipline loves to learn, but whoever hates correction is a dumb animal. 2A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns everyone who schemes. A person cannot stand firm on a foundation of wickedness, and the roots of righteous people cannot be moved. 4A wife with strength of character is the crown of her husband, but the wife who disgraces him is like bone cancer. 5The thoughts of righteous people are fair. The advice of wicked people is treacherous.
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 passed, the wicked person has vanished, but the righteous person has an everlasting foundation.
- Job 5:3I have seen a stubborn fool take root, but I quickly cursed his house.
- Job 15:1Then Eliphaz from Teman replied ⌞to Job⌟,
- 1 Samuel 25:33May your good judgment be blessed. Also, may you be blessed for keeping me from slaughtering people today and from getting a victory by my own efforts.
- Ephesians 3:17Then Christ will live in you through faith. I also pray that love may be the ground into which you sink your roots and on which you have your foundation.
- Colossians 2:7Sink your roots in him and build on him. Be strengthened by the faith that you were taught, and overflow with 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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