Proverbs 12:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Psalm 10:9

He lurketh in the covert as a lion in his den: He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

Psalm 9:15

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Proverbs 10:15

The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud: and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

Isaiah 37:31

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

Micah 7:2

The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

John 15:16

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

John 15:5

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

Romans 6:22

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.