Proverbs 12:3

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Proverbs 12:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

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

2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

3 A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

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Proverbs 10:25

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.

Job 5:3

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

Job 5:4

His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

Job 5:5

The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

Job 15:29

He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

Job 20:5

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Job 20:6

Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,

Job 20:7

he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

Job 20:8

He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Job 20:9

The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.

Job 27:16

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

Job 27:17

what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

Job 27:18

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

Proverbs 12:12

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

Psalms 15:5

who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

Psalms 125:1

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

Psalms 125:2

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

1 Samuel 25:33

Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.

Ephesians 3:17

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Colossians 2:7

rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.