Proverbs 12:12
King James Version (KJV)
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
World English Bible (WEB)
The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
Proverbs 12:12 Cross References
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
