Proverbs 12:21
No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.
Young's Literal Translation
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 devising evil, And to those counselling peace [is] joy.
22An abomination to Jehovah [are] lying lips, And stedfast doers [are] his delight.
Cross References
Psalms 121:7Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul.
Proverbs 11:21Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.
Ecclesiastes 7:18[It is] good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.
Habakkuk 2:16Thou hast been filled — shame without honour, Drink thou also, and be uncircumcised, Turn round unto thee doth the cup of the right hand of Jehovah, And shameful spewing [is] on thine honour.
1 Corinthians 3:22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things about to be — all are yours,
1 Peter 3:13and who [is] he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?
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 →