Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Note the net: or, the fortress
The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- desireth
- Proverbs 1:17–19; Proverbs 29:5, 6; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 10:9; Jeremiah 5:26–28; Micah 7:2; Habakkuk 1:15–17
- net
- or, fortress.
- Proverbs 10:15
- the root
- Psalm 1:3; Isaiah 27:6; Isaiah 37:31; Jeremiah 17:7, 8; Luke 8:13–15; John 15:5, 16; Romans 6:22