Proverbs 12:3

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Proverbs 12:3


← Proverbs 12:2 Proverbs 12:3 (KJV) Proverbs 12:4 →
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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A manH120 shall not be establishedH3559 by wickednessH7562: but the rootH8328 of the righteousH6662 shall not be movedH4131.


Original Hebrew

לֹא־יִכֹּון אָדָם בְּרֶשַׁע וְשֹׁרֶשׁ צַדִּיקִים בַּל־יִמֹּוט׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
לֹא
lo'- H3808 HTn not
יִכּ֣וֹן
yi.Kon H3559 HVNi3ms he is established
אָדָ֣ם
'a.Dam H120 HNcmsa anyone
בְּ/רֶ֑שַׁע
be./Re.sha' H7562 HR/Ncmsa by/ wickedness
וְ/שֹׁ֥רֶשׁ
ve./Sho.resh H8328 HC/Ncmsc and/ (the) root of
צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים
tza.di.Kim H6662 HAampa righteous (people)
בַּל
bal- H1077 HTn not
יִמּֽוֹט
yi.Mot H4131 HVNi3ms it is moved
Strong's References
  • H120 — אָדָם (ʼâdâm, aw-dawm'): from אָדַם (ʼâdam) H119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
  • H3559 — כּוּן (kûwn, koon): a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous); certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.
  • H4131 — מוֹט (môwṭ, mote): a primitive root; to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall; be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, [idiom] exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
  • H6662 — צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq, tsad-deek'): from צָדַק (tsâdaq) H6663; just; just, lawful, righteous (man).
  • H7562 — רֶשַׁע (reshaʻ, reh'-shah): from רָשַׁע (râshaʻ) H7561; a wrong (especially moral); iniquity, wicked(-ness).
  • H8328 — שֶׁרֶשׁ (sheresh, sheh'-resh): from שָׁרַשׁ (shârash) H8327; a root (literally or figuratively); bottom, deep, heel, root.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H1077 — בַּל (bal, bal): from בָּלָה (bâlâh) H1086; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest; lest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.
  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
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Reciprocal references (3): Psalms 13:4, Matthew 13:21, Luke 8:13

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