Proverbs 12:21
There shall no aduersitie happen vnto the iust: but the vngodly shalbe fylled with miserie.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
In Context
20Deceipt is in the heart of them that imagine euyll: but to the counsaylers of peace shalbe ioy.
22The Lorde abhorreth lying lippes: but they that deale truely please hym.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:21Though hand be ioyned in hande, yet the wicked shall not escape: but the seede of the ryghteous shalbe preserued.
Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good for thee to take holde of this, and not to let that go out of thy hande: For he that feareth God, commeth foorth with them all.
Habakkuk 2:16Thou art filled with shame for glorie, drinke thou also and be made naked: the cup of the Lordes right hand shalbe turned vnto thee, and shamefull spuyng shalbe for thy glorie.
1 Peter 3:13Moreouer, who is it that wyll harme you, yf ye folowe that which is 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 →