Proverbs 12:3
1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
2 A 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.
4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
- KJV
- A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
- WEB
- A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
- ASV
- A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
- DARBY
- A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
- BLB
- A man is not established by wickedness, and the root of the righteous shall not be shaken.
- ÅB
- Ugudelighet hjelper intet menneske til å stå støtt, men de rettferdiges rot rokkes ikke.
- OTB
- Ingen blir grunnfestet ved ugudelighet, men de rettferdiges rot forblir urokkelig.
- B1930
- Ugudelighet hjelper intet menneske til å stå støtt, men de rettferdiges rot rokkes ikke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 10:25
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Read in contextEphesians 3:17
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Read in contextColossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Read in contextProverbs 12:12
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Read in contextPsalms 125:1–2
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Read in contextJob 27:16–18
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Read in contextPsalms 15:5
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Read in contextJob 5:3–5
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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