Proverbs 12:12

A Conservative Version

A wicked man desires the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous gives.

Cross References

John 15:5

I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.

Isaiah 37:31

And the remnant that is escaped 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 bud. And they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

Psalm 10:9

He lurks in secret as a lion in his covert. He lays in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net.

Psalm 1:3

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper.

Romans 6:22

But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.

John 15:16

Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.

Proverbs 10:15

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

Psalm 9:15

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

Micah 7:2

The devout man has perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men. They all lay in wait for blood. They hunt every man his brother with a net.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of a wicked man desires evil. His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.