What does Proverbs 12:3 mean?

Proverbs 12:3 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Proverbs 12:3 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

2A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

3A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

5The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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