Proverbs 12:21
No iniquity is desired by the righteous, || And the wicked have been full of evil.
Literal Standard Version
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 devising evil, || But for counselors of peace—joy.
22Lying lips [are] an abomination to YHWH, || And steadfast doers [are] his delight.
Cross References
Psalms 121:7YHWH preserves you from all evil, || He preserves your soul.
Proverbs 11:21Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, || And the seed of the righteous has escaped.
Ecclesiastes 7:18[It is] good that you lay hold on this, and also, do not withdraw your hand from that, for whoever is fearing God goes out with them all.
Habakkuk 2:16You have been filled—shame without honor, || Drink also, and be uncircumcised, || Turn around to you does the cup of the right hand of YHWH, || And shameful spewing [is] on your glory.
1 Corinthians 3:22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things about to be—all are yours,
1 Peter 3:13and who [is] he who will be doing you evil, if you may become imitators of Him who 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 →