Proverbs 12:21
לֹא ־ יְאֻנֶּה לַצַּדִּיק כָּל ־ אָוֶן וּרְשָׁעִים מָלְאוּ רָֽע ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
In Context
20מִרְמָה בְּלֶב ־ חֹרְשֵׁי רָע וּֽלְיֹעֲצֵי שָׁלוֹם שִׂמְחָֽה ׃
22תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה שִׂפְתֵי ־ שָׁקֶר וְעֹשֵׂי אֱמוּנָה רְצוֹנֽוֹ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 121:7יְֽהוָה יִשְׁמָרְךָ מִכָּל ־ רָע יִשְׁמֹר אֶת ־ נַפְשֶֽׁךָ ׃
Proverbs 11:21יָד לְיָד לֹא ־ יִנָּקֶה רָּע וְזֶרַע צַדִּיקִים נִמְלָֽט ׃
Ecclesiastes 7:18טוֹב אֲשֶׁר תֶּאֱחֹז בָּזֶה וְגַם ־ מִזֶּה אַל ־ תַּנַּח אֶת ־ יָדֶךָ כִּֽי ־ יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים יֵצֵא אֶת ־ כֻּלָּֽם ׃
Habakkuk 2:16שָׂבַעְתָּ קָלוֹן מִכָּבוֹד שְׁתֵה גַם ־ אַתָּה וְהֵֽעָרֵל תִּסּוֹב עָלֶיךָ כּוֹס יְמִין יְהוָה וְקִיקָלוֹן עַל ־ כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ ׃
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 →