Proverbs 12:3
No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
In context
1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid. 2 Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes. 3 No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted. 4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful. 6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 12:3 in the KJV
A man shall not be established by wickedness: But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 12:3 in the ESV
No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.