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

¹² The wicked covet the proceeds of wickedness, but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

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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

John 15:5

I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.

Isaiah 37:31

The surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward,

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.

Psalm 10:9

they lurk in secret like a lion in its den; they lurk that they may seize the poor; they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.

Psalm 1:3

They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.

Proverbs 10:15

The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.

Micah 7:2

The faithful have disappeared from the land, and there is no one left who is upright; they all lie in wait for blood, and they hunt each other with nets.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the wise capture souls.

Proverbs 21:10

The souls of the wicked desire evil; their neighbors find no mercy in their eyes.