Proverbs 12:12

New English Translation

The wicked person desires a stronghold, but the righteous root endures.

Cross References

Psalm 1:3

He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.

Psalm 10:9

He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

Psalm 9:15

The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

Proverbs 10:15

The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.

Proverbs 21:10

The appetite of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

Isaiah 27:6

The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.

Isaiah 37:31

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.

Micah 7:2

Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

John 15:5

“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me – and I in him – bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.

Romans 6:22

But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.