Proverbs 12:21
Whatsoever shall befall the just man. it shall not make him sad: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
In Context
22Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deal faithfully please him.
Cross References
Psalms 121:7With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.
Proverbs 11:21Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved.
Ecclesiastes 7:18Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.
Habakkuk 2:16Thou art filled with shame instead of glory: drink thou also, and fall fast asleep: the cup of the right hand of the Lord shall compass thee, and shameful vomiting shall be on thy glory.
1 Corinthians 3:22For all things are yours, whether it be Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to some; for all are yours;
1 Peter 3:13And who is he that can hurt you, if you be zealous of good?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:21
Weighty Sayings. 20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. Note, 1. Those that devise mischief contrive, for the accomplishing of it, how to impose upon others; but it will prove, in the end, that they deceive themselves. Those that imagine evil, under colour of friendship, have their hearts full of this and the other advantage and satisfaction which they shall gain by it, but it is all a cheat. Let them imagine it ever so artfully, deceivers will be deceived. 2.… Read the whole commentary →