Proverbs 12:21
No wrong can come unawares to the righteous; but the wicked are full of evil.
Leeser Tanakh
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 heart of those that contrive evil; but for the counsellors of peace there is joy.
Cross References
Psalms 121:7The Lord will guard thee against all evil: he will guard thy soul.
Proverbs 11:21The hand [of God] being against [his] hand, the bad man shall not go unpunished; but the seed of the righteous shall escape.
Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good that thou shouldst take hold of that, and that also from this thou withdraw not thy hand; for he that feareth God will come forth out of them all.
Habakkuk 2:16Thou art filled with shame instead of glory; drink thou also, and let thy nakedness be uncovered: there shall be turned around thee the cup of the Lord's right hand, and filthy spittle shall be on thy glory.
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 →