Proverbs 12:12

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.the net: or, the fortress

WEB

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

ASV

The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

LSV

The wicked has desired the net of evildoers, || And the root of the righteous gives.

YLT

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

DBY

The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]; but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].

DRC

The desire of the wicked is the fortification of evil men: but the root of the just shall prosper.

GNV

The wicked desireth the net of euils: but the roote of the righteous giueth fruite.

JPS

The wicked desireth the prey of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

LXXE

The desires of the ungodly are evil; but the roots of the godly are firmly set.

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Original-language editions

WLC

חָמַ֣ד רָ֭שָׁע מְצ֣וֹד רָעִ֑ים וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ צַדִּיקִ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃

LXX-Br

Ἐπιθυμίαι ἀσεβῶν κακαὶ, αἱ δὲ ῥίζαι τῶν εὐσεβῶν ἐν ὀχυρώμασι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 17:7–8But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are…
• Luke 8:13–15The 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. The seeds that fell among the thorns are…
• Proverbs 29:5–6A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
• 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.
• 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 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
• 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.
• Isaiah 37:31And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
• Isaiah 27:6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
• Proverbs 1:17–19How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it! But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its…
• Jeremiah 5:26–28For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. They…
• Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
• 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.
• Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
• Habakkuk 1:15–17The 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. Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by…
• 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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