Proverbs 12:12

New International Version

¹²The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,
but the root of the righteous endures.

Proverbs 12:12

King James Version

¹²The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

²⁴Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in forced labor.^(A)

²⁵Anxiety weighs down the heart,^(B)
but a kind word cheers it up.

²⁶The righteous choose their friends carefully,
but the way of the wicked leads them astray.^(C)

²⁷The lazy do not roast^[a] any game,
but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.

²⁸In the way of righteousness there is life;^(D)
along that path is immortality.

²⁴The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

²⁵Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

²⁶The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

²⁷The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

²⁸In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

New International Version (NIV)