King James Version
Proverbs 12:3 in the King James Version says “A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.”
Proverbs 12:3 · KJV
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“shall not be established”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
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