Proverbs Chapter 21 verse 21 Holy Bible
He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
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He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.
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He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
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He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
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He who follows after righteousness and kindness Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
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Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - He that followeth after righteousness and mercy. "Righteousness" (tsedakah), in the first hemistich, signifies the virtue which renders to all, God and man, their due, which is the characteristic of the righteous man (see on Proverbs 15:9). "Mercy" (chesed) is the conduct towards others, animated by love and sympathy (see note on Proverbs 3:3). Findeth life, righteoushess, and honor. "Righteousness" here is the gift of God to his faithful servants, grace to live a holy life. This becomes habit, and forms the righteous character (Job 29:14; Job 33:26). "Life" is a long and prosperous life in the world (Proverbs 3:16); "honour" is respect and reverence among fellow men, and glory in another world. "Whom he justified, them he also glorified" (Romans 8:80). "Life and honour" stand together in Proverbs 22:4. "The fear of the Lord," says Siracides, "is honour, and glory, and gladness, and a crown of rejoicing... maketh a merry heart... and giveth long life "(Ecclus. 1:11, etc.). The LXX. omits the second "righteousness" by mistake: "The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory" (Matthew 6:33).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) Righteousness and mercy.--He who endeavours to give God and man their due (see above on 10:2), and to shew love to them (Proverbs 3:3), will gain for himself length of days (Proverbs 3:16) power to live more and more uprightly, and present honour from God and man for so doing. In a higher sense he will gain life eternal now and hereafter (John 17:3), righteousness, or the forgiveness of sins (Romans 2:13), and honour (Romans 8:30) at the last day, when he will be acknowledged as a true son of God (Romans 8:19). . . .
