Proverbs 11:27 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁷ He who earnestly seeks good, Seeks what is pleasing; But to him who seeks evil, It comes to him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: But he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ He who diligently seeks good seeks [God's] favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come upon him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

Common English Bible

²⁷ Those who look for good find favor, but those who seek evil—it will come to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ He does well to rise early, who seeks what is good. But whoever is a seeker of evils shall be oppressed by them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things; but he that seeketh after evil things shall be oppressed by them.

Proverbs 11:27 Cross References

Esther 7:10

And they hanged Haman on the wooden structure that he had prepared for Mordeḵai, and the sovereign’s wrath abated.

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wrongdoer hotly pursues the poor; They are caught by the schemes which they devised.

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my footsteps; My being was bowed down; They have dug a pit before me; They fell into the midst of it! Selah.

Proverbs 17:11

An evil one seeks only rebellion, So a cruel messenger is sent against him.

Proverbs 22:9

He who has a good eye is blessed, For he gives of his bread to the poor.