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Proverbs 12

Prov. 12:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
c shall not be established
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
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)
KJV usage: 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, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
by wickedness
resha` (Hebrew #7562)
a wrong (especially moral)
KJV usage: iniquity, wicked(-ness).
Pronounce: reh'-shah
Origin: from 7561
: but the root
sheresh (Hebrew #8328)
a root (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bottom, deep, heel, root.
Pronounce: sheh'-resh
Origin: from 8327
of the righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
shall not be moved
mowt (Hebrew #4131)
to waver; by implication , to slip, shake, fall
KJV usage: be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, X exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-)moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
Pronounce: mote
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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shall not be established.
Prov. 10:25• 25As a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. (Prov. 10:25)
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Job 5:3‑5• 3I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
 4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
 5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance. (Job 5:3‑5)
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Job 15:29• 29He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth. (Job 15:29)
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Job 20:5‑9• 5The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
 6Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
 7Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
 8He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
 9The eye which saw him shall see him not again; and his place beholdeth him no more. (Job 20:5‑9)
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Job 27:16‑18• 16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
 17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.
 18He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh. (Job 27:16‑18)
the root.
Prov. 12:12• 12The wicked desireth the net of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. (Prov. 12:12)
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Psa. 15:5• 5He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. (Psa. 15:5)
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Psa. 125:1‑2• 1A Song of degrees. They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.
 2Jerusalem!--mountains are round about her, and Jehovah is round about his people, from henceforth and for evermore. (Psa. 125:1‑2)
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1 Sam. 25:33• 33And blessed be thy discernment, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. (1 Sam. 25:33)
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Eph. 3:17• 17that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love, (Eph. 3:17)
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Col. 2:7• 7rooted and built up in him, and assured in the faith, even as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. (Col. 2:7)
• See Hushai and Ahithophel (2 Sam.15:32; 16:15-23; 17, et al.). (“Proverbs Twelve” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.