Proverbs 12:3

3 No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

Proverbs 12:3 in Other Translations

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

3 No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.

3 Wickedness never brings stability, but the godly have deep roots.

3 You can't find firm footing in a swamp, but life rooted in God stands firm.

3 A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

3 A person cannot stand firm on a foundation of wickedness, and the roots of righteous people cannot be moved.

3 Man cannot be made secure by wickedness, but the root of the righteous is immovable.

3 If a man does what is evil, he can't become strong and steady. But if people do what is right, they can't be removed from the land.

Proverbs 12:3 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 12:3

A man shall not be established by wickedness
Not any man, though he may be established in his wickedness, so as not to be rooted out of it; yet he cannot be so established by it as not to be removed from a prosperous state and condition into an unhappy and distressed one; he may seem to be in a firm and settled state of prosperity, amidst all his wickedness; be like a green bay tree, spreading itself, and seemingly immovable, when on a sudden it is blown down and rooted up, and is no more: so Babylon will seem to be in a settled state of grandeur, ease, and rest, and say, "I sit a queen, and shall see no sorrow"; when in one day, and in one hour, her destruction shall come upon her, ( Revelation 18:7 Revelation 18:8 ) ; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved;
they are rooted and grounded in the love of God, which is immovable; they are rooted and built up in Christ, and so are as Mount Zion, which can never be removed; the root of the matter, or of grace, is in them, which can never be lost; while others wither away, because they have no root in them, these abide; and though they may be shaken with the persecutions of men, the temptations of Satan, the errors of the wicked, and their own corruptions, yet they afresh take root again downward, and bring forth fruit upward.

Proverbs 12:3 In-Context

1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.

2 Good people obtain favor from the LORD, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.

3 No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Cross References

• 1. S Proverbs 10:25