Proverbs 12:21
No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.
World Messianic 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 plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.
22Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who do the truth are his delight.
Cross References
Psalms 121:7The LORD will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
Proverbs 11:21Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.
Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
Habakkuk 2:16You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink and be exposed! The cup of the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.
1 Corinthians 3:22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Kefa, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
1 Peter 3:13Now who will harm you if you become imitators 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 →