Proverbs 12:12
 Proverbs 12:12 
New International Version (© 2011)
The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers, but the root of the righteous endures.

King James Bible
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

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

Young's Literal Translation
The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth.

Proverbs 12:12 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

The wicked desireth the net of evil men - They applaud their ways, and are careful to imitate them in their wiles.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

desireth

Proverbs 1:17-19 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird...

Proverbs 29:5,6 A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet...

Psalm 9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Psalm 10:9 He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor...

Jeremiah 5:26-28 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men...

Micah 7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood...

Habakkuk 1:15-17 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag...

net or fortress

Proverbs 10:15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

the root

Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither...

Isaiah 27:6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

Isaiah 37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

Jeremiah 17:7,8 Blessed is the man that trusts in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is...

Luke 8:13-15 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe...

John 15:5,16 I am the vine, you are the branches: He that stays in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit...

Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.

Proverbs 12:12 Parallel Commentaries
Booty Desire Desired Desires Desireth Destruction Doers Evil Firm Flourishes Fruit Net Plunder Prey Resting-Place Righteous Root Ruin Sinner Stands Strong Tower Upright Wicked Yieldeth Yields
Booty Desire Desired Desires Desireth Destruction Doers Evil Firm Flourishes Fruit Net Plunder Prey Resting-Place Righteous Root Ruin Sinner Stands Strong Tower Upright Wicked Yieldeth Yields
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