Proverbs 12:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 10:9 : 9 He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
  • Prov 1:17-19 : 17 Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird. 18 And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives. 19 So `are' the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.
  • Prov 29:5-6 : 5 A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps. 6 In the transgression of the evil `is' a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
  • Isa 27:6 : 6 Those coming in He causeth to take root, Jacob doth blossom, and flourished hath Israel, And they have filled the face of the world `with' increase.
  • Isa 37:31 : 31 And it hath continued -- the escaped Of the house of Judah that hath been left -- To take root beneath, And it hath made fruit upward.
  • Jer 5:26-28 : 26 For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture. 27 As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich. 28 They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.
  • Jer 17:7-8 : 7 Blessed `is' the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah. 8 And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 Perished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men -- there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt `with' a net.
  • Hab 1:15-17 : 15 Each of them with a hook he hath brought up, He doth catch it in his net, and gathereth it in his drag, Therefore he doth joy and rejoice. 16 Therefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them `is' his portion fertile, and his food fat. 17 Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?
  • Luke 8:13-15 : 13 `And those upon the rock: They who, when they may hear, with joy do receive the word, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation fall away. 14 `And that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion. 15 `And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain `it', and bear fruit in continuance.
  • John 15:5 : 5 `I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;
  • John 15:16 : 16 `Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.
  • Rom 6:22 : 22 And now, having been freed from the sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit -- to sanctification, and the end life age-during;
  • Ps 1:3 : 3 And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.
  • Ps 9:15 : 15 Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

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    16The wage of the righteous `is' for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

  • Prov 12:5-7
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    5The thoughts of the righteous `are' justice, The counsels of the wicked -- deceit.

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    30The fruit of the righteous `is' a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls `is' wise.

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    32The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

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    12The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

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    10The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!

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    21No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

  • Prov 21:12
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    15Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacketh!

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

    6The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked `is' an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.

  • Matt 7:17
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    17so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.

  • Prov 21:10
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    10The soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour.

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    6In the transgression of the evil `is' a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 12:11
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    8The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

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    28The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

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    72%

    2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near `art' Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins.

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    72%

    27Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.

  • Prov 14:32
    72%

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  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

  • Job 24:6
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    6In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.

  • Mic 7:3
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  • Prov 11:21
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    21Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.

  • Prov 21:26
    71%

    26All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

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    10Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

  • Prov 2:14
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    14Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

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    3For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands.

  • Ps 10:3
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    3Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

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    21Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.