New English Translation
Proverbs 12:3
3No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root 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
1The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid. 2A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes. No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved. 4A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones. 5The plans 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 storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.
- Job 5:3I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.
- Job 15:1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
- 1 Samuel 25:33Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!
- Ephesians 3:17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,
- Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
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
In the dictionaries
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
New English Translation — © 1996-2016 Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C.
Commentaries