Proverbs 13:21
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Proverbs 13:21 in other translations
| BSB | Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous. |
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| WEB | Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous. |
| ASV | Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good. |
| YLT | Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth the righteous. |
| DARBY | Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid. |
| BBE | Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good. |
| Webster | Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid. |
What does Proverbs 13:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
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Proverbs 13:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 13:21
- Psalms 32:10
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.
- Isaiah 3:10-11
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- Proverbs 13:13
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
- Romans 2:7-10
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
- Genesis 4:7
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
- Psalms 140:11
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- Numbers 32:23
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.
- Acts 28:4
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- Proverbs 13:21
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
- Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 13:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mal perseguirá á los pecadores: mas á los justos les será bien retribuído. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le mal poursuit les pécheurs; mais le bien est la récompense des justes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Das Böse verfolgt die Sünder, aber den Gerechten wird man mit Gutem vergelten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Peccatores persequitur malum, et justis retribuentur bona. |