Proverbs 12:12
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The desire of the wicked is the fortification of evil men: but the root of the just shall prosper.

desireth

Proverbs 1:17-19 And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls. . . .

Proverbs 29:5,6 A man that speaketh to his friend with flattering and dissembling words, spreadeth a net for his feet. . . .

Psalm 9:15 I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.

Psalm 10:9 His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.

Jeremiah 5:26-28 For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men. . . .

Micah 7:2 The holy man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, every one hunteth his brother to death.

Habakkuk 1:15-17 He lifted up all them with his hook, he drew them in his drag, and gathered them into his net: for this he will be glad and rejoice. . . .

net or fortress

Proverbs 10:15 The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked unto sin.

the root

Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.

Isaiah 27:6 When they shall rush in unto Jacob, Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with seed.

Isaiah 37:31 And that which shall be saved of the house of Juda, and which is left, shall take root downward, and shall bear fruit upward:

Jeremiah 17:7,8 Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence. . . .

Luke 8:13-15 Now they upon the rock are they who when they hear receive the word with joy: and these have no roots: for they believe for a while and in time of temptation they fall away. . . .

John 15:5,16 I am the vine: you the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing. . . .

Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end life everlasting.

Context
Loving Discipline and Knowledge
11He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds. 12The desire of the wicked is the fortification of evil men: but the root of the just shall prosper.13For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress.…
Cross References
Proverbs 11:30
If the just man receive in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner.

Proverbs 21:10
The soul of the wicked desireth evil, he will not have pity on his neighbour.

Lexicon
The wicked
רָ֭שָׁע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

desire
חָמַ֣ד (ḥā·maḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2530: To desire, take pleasure in

the plunder
מְצ֣וֹד (mə·ṣō·wḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4685: A net, a, fastness, tower

of evil men,
רָעִ֑ים (rā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

but the root
וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ (wə·šō·reš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8328: A root

of the righteous
צַדִּיקִ֣ים (ṣad·dî·qîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6662: Just, righteous

flourishes.
יִתֵּֽן׃ (yit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set


Additional Translations
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.The wicked desires the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit .

The desires of the ungodly are evil; but the roots of the godly are firmly set.

The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]; but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth.
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