Proverbs 12:12

Easy To Read Version

Evil people always want to find wrong things to do. But good people have strength that goes deep like roots.

Cross References

Psalm 1:3

So that person becomes strong\par like a tree planted by streams of water\par He is like a tree that makes fruit\par at the right time.\par He is like a tree with leaves that don’t die.\par Everything he does is successful.\par

Psalm 10:9

Those bad people are like lions trying to catch the animals they will eat.\par They attack poor people.\par The poor people are caught in the traps that the evil people make.\par

Psalm 9:15

Those people from other nations\par dug holes to trap other people.\par But they fell into their own traps.\par Those people hid nets to trap other people.\par But they were caught in those nets.\par

Proverbs 10:15

Wealth protects the rich person. And poverty destroys a poor person.

Proverbs 11:30

The things a good man does are like the Tree of Life. {\cf2\super [14]} A wise man gives new life to people. {\cf2\super [15]}

Proverbs 21:10

Evil people always want to do more evil. And those people show no mercy to people around them.

Isaiah 27:6

People will come \{to me\}.\par Those people will help Jacob \{to be strong\}\par like a plant with good roots.\par Those people will cause Israel to grow\par like a plant beginning to bloom.\par Then the land will be filled\par with \{the children of Israel\}\par like fruit from plants.”\par

Isaiah 37:31

“The people from the family of Judah that have escaped and are left \{alive\} will again begin to grow. \{These people will be like plants that\} send their roots deep into the ground and produce fruit above the ground.

Micah 7:2

I mean, all of the faithful people are gone.\par There are no good people left\par in this country.\par Every person is waiting to kill someone.\par Every person is trying to trap his brother.\par

John 15:16

You did not choose me; I chose you. And I gave you this work: to go and make fruit. I want this fruit to continue \{in your life\}. Then the Father will give you anything you ask for in my name.

John 15:5

“I am the vine and you are the branches. If a person continues in me and I continue in that person, then that person will make much fruit. But without me that person can do nothing.

Romans 6:22

But now you are free from sin. You are now slaves of God. And this brings you a life that is only for God. And from that you will get life forever.