Proverbs 12:21
No injustice will please a just man; but the ungodly will be filled with mischief.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
In Context
20There is deceit in the heart of him that imagines evil; but they that love peace shall rejoice.
22Lying lips are a abomination to the Lord; but he that deals faithfully is accepted with him.
Cross References
Psalms 121:7Let peace, I pray, be within your host, and prosperity in your palaces. 1
Proverbs 11:21He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness he shall receive a faithful reward.
Ecclesiastes 7:18Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: lest you should die before your time.
Habakkuk 2:16Drink you also your fill of disgrace instead of glory: shake, O heart, and quake, the cup of the right hand of the Lord has come round upon you, and dishonor has gathered upon your 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 →