Proverbs 12:21
No evil shall happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with calamity.
Noyes 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 heart of those who contrive evil; But to the counsellors of peace shall be joy.
22False lips are the abomination of the LORD; But they who deal truly are his delight.
Cross References
Psalms 121:7The LORD will preserve thee from all evil; He will preserve thy life.
Proverbs 11:21From generation to generation the wicked shall not go unpunished; But the posterity of the righteous shall be delivered.
Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good that thou shouldst take hold of this; yea, also, from that withdraw not thy hand. For he that feareth God shall escape all those things.
Habakkuk 2:16Thou shalt be filled with shame instead of glory; Drink thou also, and show thy foreskin! To thee shall come the cup in the right hand of Jehovah, And foul shame shall be upon thy glory.
1 Corinthians 3:22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come,—all are yours;
1 Peter 3:13And who is he that shall harm you, if ye are followers of 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 →