3 A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 12:3
Discipline, Truthful Speech, Diligence, and the Stable Root of the Righteous
The chapter moves through moral contrasts around discipline, stability, household life, prudence, work, speech, counsel, truth, peace, diligence, anxiety, friendship, and the life-giving path of righteousness.
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Verse 3
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A man אָדָ֣ם H120 Noun - masculine singular cannot לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle be established יִכּ֣וֹן H3559 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular through wickedness בְּרֶ֑שַׁע H7562 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular but the righteous צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים H6662 Adjective - masculine plural cannot בַּל־ H1077 Adverb be uprooted יִמּֽוֹט׃ H4131 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ H8328 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct