Proverbs 12:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.”
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“The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 12:12 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
- Proverbs 1:17How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
- Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
- Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
- Proverbs 21:10The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
- Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- Isaiah 27:6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Isaiah 37:31And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
- Jeremiah 5:26For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
- Jeremiah 17:7But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
- Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
- Habakkuk 1:15The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
- Luke 8:13The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
- John 15:5I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
- John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- Romans 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
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