Proverbs 12:12

New International Version

The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers, but the root of the righteous endures.

Cross References

Psalm 1:3

That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.

Psalm 10:9

like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

Proverbs 10:15

The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives.

Proverbs 21:10

The wicked crave evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them.

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.

Isaiah 37:31

Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.

Micah 7:2

The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. Everyone lies in wait to shed blood; they hunt each other with nets.

John 15:16

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

John 15:5

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.