Proverbs 12:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

No one finds security by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

A man shall not be established by wickedness: But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall never be moved.

American Standard Version (1901)

A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Common English Bible

No one is established by wicked acts, but the roots of the righteous can’t be disturbed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Man will not be made strong from impiety. And the root of the just shall not be moved.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Men shall not be strengthened by wickedness: and the root of the just shall not be moved.

Proverbs 12:3 Cross References

Job 15:29

they will not be rich, and their wealth will not endure, nor will they strike root in the earth;

Psalm 15:5

who do not lend money at interest and do not take a bribe against the innocent. Those who do these things shall never be moved.

Proverbs 10:25

When the tempest passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are established forever.

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked covet the proceeds of wickedness, but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one has power over the wind to restrain the wind or power over the day of death; there is no discharge from the battle, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.

Ephesians 3:17

and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.

Colossians 2:7

rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

1 Samuel 25:33

Blessed be your good sense, and blessed be you, who kept me today from bloodguilt and from avenging myself by my own hand!