Proverbs 12:21
No ill comes on the righteous person, 1 but wicked people are filled with difficulties. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
In Context
22Yahweh hates lying lips, 1 but those who live faithfully are his delight. 1
Cross References
Psalms 121:7Yahweh will protect you from all harm, 1 and he will protect your life. 1
Proverbs 11:21Be sure of this—the wicked person will not go unpunished, 1 but the descendants of righteous people will be kept safe. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good that you should take hold of this wisdom, 2 and that you should not let go of righteousness. 1 For the person who fears God will meet all his obligations. + 7:18 Instead of will meet all his obligations , some modern versions have different interpretations of this difficult passage. 1
Habakkuk 2:16You will be filled with shame instead of glory. 1 Now it is your turn! Drink, and you will expose your uncircumcised foreskin! 2 The cup in Yahweh's right hand is coming around to you, 2 and disgrace will cover your glory. 2
1 Corinthians 3:22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All things are yours,
1 Peter 3:13Who is the one who will harm you if you are eager to do 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 →