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

³ 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

³ A man shall not be established by wickedness: But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall never be moved.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Common English Bible

³ No one is established by wicked acts, but the roots of the righteous can’t be disturbed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Man will not be made strong from impiety. And the root of the just shall not be moved.

Proverbs 12:3 Cross References

Proverbs 10:25

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

Ephesians 3:17

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

Proverbs 12:12

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

Colossians 2:7

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

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.

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!

Job 15:29

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

Proverbs 11:5

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

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.