Verse 3

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:25 : 25 As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more, but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
  • Prov 12:12 : 12 The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
  • Col 2:7 : 7 Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
  • 1 Sam 25:33 : 33 And blessed is your advice, and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to bloodshed 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 dwelling place. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver them. 5 Whose harvest the hungry devour, and take it even out of the thorns, and the thief swallows up their substance.
  • Job 15:29 : 29 He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth continue, nor shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.
  • Job 20:5-9 : 5 That the triumph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his greatness mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds, 7 Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, Where is he? 8 He shall fly away like 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 behold him any longer.
  • Job 27:16-18 : 16 Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares clothing as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall wear it, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He builds his house like a moth, and like a booth that a keeper makes.
  • Ps 15:5 : 5 He who does not put out his money at usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
  • Ps 125:1-2 : 1 Those who trust in the LORD shall be like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but endures forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people from now on and forevermore.