Proverbs 12 · Verse 21

Proverbs 12:21

There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Proverbs 12:21, King James Version

Proverbs 12:21 in other translations

BSBNo harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
WEBNo mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.
ASVThere shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
YLTNo iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.
DARBYThere shall no evil happen to a righteous man; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
BBENo trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.
WebsterThere shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

What does Proverbs 12:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. no evil--(as in Psa 91:10), under God's wise limitations (Ro 8:28). mischief--as penal evil.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 There shall no evil happen to the just - No, for all things work together for good to them that love God. Whatever occurs to a righteous man God turns to his advantage. But, on the other hand, the wicked are filled with mischief: they are hurt, grieved, and wounded, by every occurrence; and nothing turns to their profit.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
If men are sincerely righteous, the righteous God has engaged that no evil shall happen to them. But they that delight in mischief shall have enough of it.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 12:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יְאֻנֶּ֣הye.'u.Nehit happensH579
לַצַּדִּ֣יקla.tza.Dikto the righteousH6662
כָּל\־kol-anyH3605
אָ֑וֶן'A.ventroubleH205
וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗יםu.re.sha.'Imand wicked [people]H7563
מָ֣לְאוּMal.'uthey are fullH4390
רָֽע\׃Ra'distressH7451

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 12:21

  • 1 Peter 3:13

    And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

  • Psalms 91:10

    There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

  • Romans 8:28

    And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

  • Revelation 18:6

    Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

  • Jeremiah 13:12-14

    Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

  • Proverbs 1:31

    Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:22-23

    Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

  • Proverbs 14:14

    The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

  • Habakkuk 2:16

    Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:17

    For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
no.
Ro 8:28; 1Co 3:22,23; 2Co 4:17
filled.
1:31; 14:14; Jer 13:12-14; Hab 2:16; Re 18:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 12:20

    Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

  • Proverbs 12:21

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

  • Proverbs 12:22

    Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

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Proverbs 12:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ninguna adversidad acontecerá al justo: mas los impíos serán llenos de mal.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Aucun malheur n’arrive au juste, mais les méchants seront comblés de maux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dem Gerechten wird keinerlei Unheil widerfahren, aber die Gesetzlosen haben Übel die Fülle.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Non contristabit justum quidquid ei acciderit: impii autem replebuntur malo.