Proverbs 12:3

New Living Translation

Wickedness never brings stability, but the godly have deep roots.

Cross References

Job 15:29

Their riches will not last, and their wealth will not endure. Their possessions will no longer spread across the horizon.

Psalm 15:5

Those who lend money without charging interest, and who cannot be bribed to lie about the innocent. Such people will stand firm forever.

Proverbs 10:25

When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away, but the godly have a lasting foundation.

Proverbs 11:5

The godly are directed by honesty; the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.

Proverbs 12:12

Thieves are jealous of each other’s loot, but the godly are well rooted and bear their own fruit.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.

Ephesians 3:17

Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.

Colossians 2:7

Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

1 Samuel 25:33

Thank God for your good sense! Bless you for keeping me from murder and from carrying out vengeance with my own hands.