Proverbs Chapter 12 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 12:21

There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
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BBE Proverbs 12:21

No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.
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DARBY Proverbs 12:21

There shall no evil happen to a righteous [man]; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
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KJV Proverbs 12:21

There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
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WBT Proverbs 12:21


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WEB Proverbs 12:21

No mischief shall happen to the righteous, But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
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YLT Proverbs 12:21

No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - There shall no evil - mischief - happen to the just. The mischief (aven) intended is not misfortune, calamity, but the evil consequences that follow on ill-doing (Proverbs 22:8); from these the righteous are saved. Our Lord goes further, and says (Matthew 6:33), "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these (temporal) things shall be added unto you." Vulgate, "Nothing that happens can make a just man sorrowful;" for he knows it is all for the best, and he looks toward another life, where all seeming anomalies will be cleared up. Septuagint, "The just man takes pleasure in naught that is unjust." The wicked shall be filled with mischief; rather, with evil, moral and physical (Psalm 32:10). The Old Testament takes a general view of God's moral government without regarding special anomalies.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) There shall no evil happen to the just.--Comp. our Lord's promise as to temporal matters for those who "seek the kingdom of God" (Matthew 6:33). and for God's care in spiritual matters, 1Corinthians 10:13.