Proverbs 12:3

Proverbs 12:3 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Wickedness never brings stability, but the godly have deep roots.

Context of Proverbs 12:3

1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: 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 virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. 5The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Proverbs 12:3 word by word

לֹא־יִכּ֣וֹן אָדָ֣ם בְּרֶ֑שַׁע וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃Read the interlinear

• A manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• shall not be establishedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• by wickednessרֶ֫שַׁעresha‛ · wickednessH7562
• but the rootשֹׁ֫רֶשׁsheresh · rootH8328
• of the righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• shall not be movedמוֹטmôţ · to shakeH4131

Cross-references for Proverbs 12:3

• Proverbs 10:25As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked 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 advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
• Ephesians 3:17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
• Colossians 2:7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein 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

Topics related to Proverbs 12:3

• Wicked (People)

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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