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Selected Verse: Proverbs 12:12 - King James

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Pr 12:12 King James The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
the wicked . . . evil--They love the crafty arts of deception.

the root . . . fruit--their own resources supply them; or, it may be rendered: "He (God) giveth, or, sets (Eze 17:22) the root of the righteous," and hence it is firm: or, the verb is impersonal; "As to the root . . . it is firm" (Pro 17:19).
 
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19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
22 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.