Proverbs 12:21
Whatever befalleth to a just man, it shall not make him sorry; but wicked men shall be filled with evil. (Whatever befalleth to the righteous, shall not bring them sorrow, or grief; but the wicked shall be filled with evil.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
In Context
20Guile is in the heart of them that think evils; but joy followeth them that make counsels of peace.
22False lips is abomination to the Lord; but they that do faithfully, please him.
Cross References
Psalms 121:7The Lord keep thee from all evil; the Lord keep thy soul. (The Lord shall keep thee safe from all evil; yea, the Lord shall keep thee safe.)
Proverbs 11:21Though hand be in hand, an evil man shall not be innocent; but the seed of just men shall be saved. (Be assured, that the evil shall be punished; but the children, or the descendants, of the righteous shall be saved.)
Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good, that thou sustain a just man; but also withdraw thou not thine hand from him; for he that dreadeth God, is not negligent of anything. (It is good that thou sustain the one, but also do not thou withdraw thy hand from the other; for he who feareth God, is not negligent of anything.)
Habakkuk 2:16He is filled with evil fame for glory; and thou drink, and be fast asleep; the cup of the right half of the Lord shall compass thee, and casting up, either spewing, of evil fame ( shall be) [up] on thy glory. (Thou shalt be filled with shame and not with glory; yea, thou shalt drink, and then be asleep; the cup of the right hand of the Lord shall be given to thee, and then thy shame shall exceed thy glory.)
1 Corinthians 3:22either Paul, either Apollos, either Cephas (or Peter), either the world, either life, either death, either things present, either things to coming [or either things to come]; for all things be yours,
1 Peter 3:13And who is it that shall annoy you, if ye be (pur)suers and lovers of goodness? [And who is it that shall annoy to you, if ye shall be good (pur) suers?] (And who is it that shall harm you, if ye be followers and lovers of goodness, or if ye pursue after 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 →