The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
Proverbs 21:10The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
Treasury of Scripture
The wicked desires the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
desireth
Proverbs 1:17-19
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird…
Proverbs 29:5,6
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet…
Psalm 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
net or fortress
Proverbs 10:15
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
the root
Psalm 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Isaiah 27:6
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Isaiah 37:31
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
