Proverbs 12:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The wicked want a share of what an evil man might catch. But like a plant with deep roots, a good man is the one who produces the most.

Cross References

John 15:5

“I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I to you, you will produce plenty of fruit. But separated from me you won’t be able to do anything.

Isaiah 37:31

“The people from the family of Judah who have escaped and are left alive will be like plants that send their roots deep into the ground and produce fruit above the ground.

Isaiah 27:6

In the future, Jacob will take root firmly on his soil. Then Israel will sprout and bloom, and the world will be filled with his fruit.”

Psalm 10:9

They are like lions hiding in the bushes to catch weak and helpless animals. They lay their traps for the poor, who are caught in their nets.

Psalm 1:3

So they grow strong, like a tree planted by a stream— a tree that produces fruit when it should and has leaves that never fall. Everything they do is successful.

Romans 6:22

But now you are free from sin. You have become slaves of God, and the result is that you live only for God. This will bring you eternal life.

John 15:16

“You did not choose me. I chose you. And I gave you this work: to go and produce fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you anything you ask for in my name.

Proverbs 10:15

Wealth protects the rich, but poverty destroys the poor.

Psalm 9:15

Those other nations have fallen into the pit they dug to catch others. They have been caught in their own trap.

Micah 7:2

By this I mean that all the faithful people are gone. There are no good people left. Everyone is planning to kill someone. Everyone is trying to trap their brother.

Proverbs 11:30

What good people produce is like a life-giving tree. Those who are wise give new life to others.

Proverbs 21:10

Evil people always want to do more evil, and they show no mercy to people around them.