Proverbs 12:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² The strong tower of the wicked comes to ruin, but the root of the righteous stands firm.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² The desire of the wicked is the fortification of evil men: but the root of the just shall prosper.

Proverbs 12:12 Cross References

Psalm 1:3

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

Psalm 10:9

he lurks in secret like a lion in his covert; he lurks that he may seize the poor, he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

Psalm 9:15

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

Proverbs 10:15

A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

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.

Isaiah 37:31

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

Micah 7:2

The godly man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts his brother with a net.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

John 15:5

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is sanctification and its end, eternal life.