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Proverbs 12:3
3No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
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.
- 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
1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid. 2Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes. No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted. 4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones. 5The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is 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 has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.
- Job 5:3I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
- Job 15:1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
- 1 Samuel 25:33May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands.
- Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
- Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith 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
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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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