Proverbs 12:12

The Message

What the wicked construct finally falls into ruin, while the roots of the righteous give life, and more life.

Cross References

Psalm 10:9

They mark the luckless, then wait like a hunter in a blind; When the poor wretch wanders too close, they stab him in the back.

Psalm 9:15

They’re trapped, those godless countries, in the very snares they set, Their feet all tangled in the net they spread. They have no excuse; the way God works is well-known. The shrewd machinery made by the wicked has maimed their own hands.

Proverbs 10:15

The wealth of the rich is their security; the poverty of the indigent is their ruin.

Proverbs 11:30

A good life is a fruit-bearing tree; a violent life destroys souls.

Proverbs 21:10

Wicked souls love to make trouble; they feel nothing for friends and neighbors.

Isaiah 27:6

The days are coming when Jacob shall put down roots, Israel blossom and grow fresh branches, and fill the world with its fruit.

John 15:16

“You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.

John 15:5

“I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is—when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples.

Romans 6:22

But now that you’ve found you don’t have to listen to sin tell you what to do, and have discovered the delight of listening to God telling you, what a surprise! A whole, healed, put-together life right now, with more and more of life on the way! Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God’s gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master.