Proverbs 12:21
No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
In Context
20Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
Cross References
Psalms 121:7The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
Proverbs 11:21Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
Habakkuk 2:16You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
1 Corinthians 3:22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
1 Peter 3:13Who can harm you if you are zealous for what 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 →