Proverbs 12:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² The wrong shall covet the catch of evil-doers, But the root of the righteous yields 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

Psalm 1:3

For he shall be as a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That yields its fruit in its season, And whose leaf does not wither, And whatever he does prospers.

Psalm 10:9

He lies in wait in a secret place, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor, drawing him into his net.

Psalm 9:15

The gentiles have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.

Proverbs 10:15

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

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is winning lives is wise.

Proverbs 21:10

The desire of the wrong is set upon evil; His neighbour finds no favour in his eyes.

Isaiah 27:6

Those who come He causes to take root in Yaʽ

Isaiah 37:31

“And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Yehuḏ

Micah 7:2

The kind one has perished from the earth, and there is no one straight among men. All of them lie in wait for blood, everyone 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 remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name He might give you.

John 15:5

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who stays in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit. Because without Me you are able to do naught!

Romans 6:22

But now, having been set free from sin, and having become servants of Elohim, you have your fruit resulting in set-apartness, and the end, everlasting life.