Proverbs 12:3

World English Bible (2000)

A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:25 : 25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
  • Prov 12:12 : 12 The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
  • Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
  • 1 Sam 25:33 : 33 Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
  • Job 5:3-5 : 3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them, 5 whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
  • Job 15:29 : 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
  • Job 20:5-9 : 5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment? 6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds, 7 yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?' 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night. 9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.
  • Job 27:16-18 : 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; 17 he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
  • Ps 15:5 : 5 he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken. A Poem by David.
  • Ps 125:1-2 : 1 Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can't be moved, but remains forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 12:7
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    7The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Ps 112:6-7
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    79%

    6For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.

    7He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

    30The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

  • Prov 12:12
    77%

    12The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Prov 12:2
    76%

    2A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

  • Prov 13:6
    74%

    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

  • Prov 24:15-16
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    73%

    15Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

    16for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Prov 10:25
    73%

    25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

  • Prov 12:21
    73%

    21No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Prov 10:3
    72%

    3Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

  • Prov 16:12
    72%

    12It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Ps 1:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

    4The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

    5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    72%

    5The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

  • Ps 11:3
    72%

    3If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

  • Lam 3:36
    71%

    36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve.

  • Prov 14:11
    71%

    11The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Ps 140:11
    71%

    11An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Prov 25:26
    71%

    26Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

  • Jer 17:8
    71%

    8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

  • Prov 11:3
    71%

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Ps 112:2-3
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    2His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

    3Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.

  • Prov 14:32
    71%

    32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

  • Ps 52:7
    71%

    7"Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."

  • Prov 21:29
    71%

    29A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Job 18:16
    71%

    16His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.

  • Prov 11:18
    71%

    18Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

  • Prov 29:27
    70%

    27A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

  • Prov 25:5
    70%

    5Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

  • Ps 37:10
    70%

    10For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

  • Prov 18:5
    70%

    5To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

  • Ps 10:6
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    6He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble."

  • Prov 12:26
    70%

    26A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 11:21
    70%

    21Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

  • Matt 7:18
    70%

    18A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

  • Ps 55:22
    70%

    22Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

  • Job 17:9
    70%

    9Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.