Proverbs 12:3

World English Bible (2000)

A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:25 : 25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
  • Prov 12:12 : 12 The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
  • Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
  • 1 Sam 25:33 : 33 Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
  • Job 5:3-5 : 3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them, 5 whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
  • Job 15:29 : 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
  • Job 20:5-9 : 5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment? 6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds, 7 yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?' 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night. 9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.
  • Job 27:16-18 : 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; 17 he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
  • Ps 15:5 : 5 he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken. A Poem by David.
  • Ps 125:1-2 : 1 Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can't be moved, but remains forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 12:7
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    7 The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Ps 112:6-7
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    6 For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.

    7 He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

    30 The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

  • Prov 12:12
    77%

    12 The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Prov 12:2
    76%

    2 A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3 For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

    17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

  • Prov 24:15-16
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    15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

    16 for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Prov 10:25
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    25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

  • Prov 12:21
    73%

    21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Prov 10:3
    72%

    3 Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

  • Prov 16:12
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    12 It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Ps 1:3-5
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    72%

    3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

    4 The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

    5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    72%

    5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

  • Ps 11:3
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    3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

  • Lam 3:36
    71%

    36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve.

  • Prov 14:11
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    11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11 An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Prov 25:26
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    26 Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

  • Jer 17:8
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    8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Ps 112:2-3
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    2 His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

    3 Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32 The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."

  • Prov 21:29
    71%

    29 A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Job 18:16
    71%

    16 His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.

  • Prov 11:18
    71%

    18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

  • Prov 29:27
    70%

    27 A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

  • Prov 25:5
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    5 Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

  • Ps 10:6
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    6 He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble."

  • Prov 12:26
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    26 A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

  • Matt 7:18
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    18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

  • Ps 55:22
    70%

    22 Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

  • Job 17:9
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    9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.