Proverbs 12:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:25 : 25 When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.
  • Prov 12:12 : 12 The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,
  • Col 2:7 : 7 Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.
  • 1 Sam 25:33 : 33 A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.
  • Job 5:3-5 : 3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house. 4 Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause. 5 Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.
  • Job 15:29 : 29 He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.
  • Job 20:5-9 : 5 That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute? 6 Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds; 7 Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he? 8 He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night. 9 The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him.
  • Job 27:16-18 : 16 Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing; 17 He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage. 18 His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
  • Ps 15:5 : 5 He who does not put out his money at interest, or for payment give false decisions against men who have done no wrong. He who does these things will never be moved.
  • Ps 125:1-2 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from this time and for ever.

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  • Prov 12:7
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    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Ps 112:6-7
    2 verses
    79%

    6 He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever.

    7 He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord.

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    79%

    29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Prov 12:12
    77%

    12 The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

  • Prov 12:2
    76%

    2 A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

  • Ps 125:3
    75%

    3 For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

  • Prov 13:6
    74%

    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

    17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22 But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

  • Prov 24:15-16
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    73%

    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

    16 For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 10:25
    73%

    25 When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

  • Prov 12:21
    73%

    21 No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Prov 10:3
    72%

    3 The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

  • Prov 16:12
    72%

    12 Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

  • Ps 1:3-5
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    72%

    3 He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

    4 The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

    5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
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    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

    6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Ps 11:3
    72%

    3 If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

  • Lam 3:36
    71%

    36 In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.

  • Prov 14:11
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    11 The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11 Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

  • Prov 25:26
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    26 Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Jer 17:8
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    8 For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

  • Ps 112:2-3
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    2 His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.

    3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

  • Prov 14:32
    71%

    32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Prov 12:5
    71%

    5 The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

  • Ps 52:7
    71%

    7 See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

  • Prov 21:29
    71%

    29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Job 18:16
    71%

    16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

  • Prov 11:18
    71%

    18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

  • Prov 29:27
    70%

    27 An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Prov 25:5
    70%

    5 Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

  • Prov 18:5
    70%

    5 To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

  • Ps 10:6
    70%

    6 He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.

  • Prov 12:26
    70%

    26 The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Prov 11:21
    70%

    21 Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

  • Matt 7:18
    70%

    18 It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.

  • Ps 55:22
    70%

    22 Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

  • Job 17:9
    70%

    9 Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.