Proverbs 12:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² The wicked desire what evil people have caught, but the root of the righteous is productive.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² The wicked desireth the net of evil men: But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² The wicked desire the booty of evil men, but the root of the [uncompromisingly] righteous yields [richer fruitage].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

Common English Bible

¹² Desiring evil is a trap for the wicked, but the root of the righteous endures.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² The desire of the impious is the fortification of what is most wicked. But the root of the just shall prosper.

Proverbs 12:12 Cross References

Proverbs 10:15

The wealth of the rich is his fortified city; the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but a cunning person takes lives.

Proverbs 21:10

A wicked person desires evil; he has no consideration  for his neighbour.

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bloom and fill the whole world with fruit.

Isaiah 37:31

The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root  downwards and bear fruit upwards.

Micah 7:2

Faithful people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you.   I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask   the Father in my name,   he will give you.

John 15:5

I am the vine;   you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit,   because you can do nothing without me.

Romans 6:22

But now, since you have been set free from sin and have become enslaved to God,  you have your fruit, which results in sanctification   #– #and the outcome is eternal life!