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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 the 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 have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
 4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
 5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. (Job 5:3‑5)
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Job 15:29• 29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. (Job 15:29)
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Job 20:5‑9• 5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
 6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
 7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
 8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
 9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. (Job 20:5‑9)
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Job 27:16‑18• 16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment 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 a moth, and as a booth that the 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• 1<<A Song of degrees.>> They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
 2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. (Psa. 125:1‑2)
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1 Sam. 25:33• 33And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. (1 Sam. 25:33)
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Eph. 3:17• 17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, (Eph. 3:17)
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Col. 2:7• 7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein 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.