Proverbs 12:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 No harm happens to the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There shall no evil happen to the just: But the wicked shall be filled with mischief. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No [actual] evil, misfortune, or calamity shall come upon the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil, misfortune, and calamity. [Job 5:19; Ps. 91:3; Prov. 12:13; Isa. 46:4; Jer. 1:8; Dan. 6:27; II Tim. 4:18.] American Standard Version (1901) There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil. Common English Bible No harm happens to the righteous, but the wicked receive their fill of trouble. Catholic Public Domain Version Whatever may befall the just, it will not discourage him. But the impious will be filled with disasters. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Whatsoever shall befall the just man, it shall not make him sad: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. |
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.
but those who listen to me will be secure and will live at ease without dread of disaster.”
Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will escape.
Deceit is in the mind of those who plan evil, but those who counsel peace have joy.
The perverse get what their ways deserve, and the good, what their deeds deserve.
The fear of the Lord is life indeed; filled with it one rests secure and suffers no harm.
It is good that you should take hold of the one without letting go of the other, for the one who fears God shall succeed with both.
Whoever obeys a command will meet no harm, and the wise mind will know the time and way.
You will be sated with contempt instead of glory. Drink, you yourself, and stagger! The cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you, and shame will come upon your glory!
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
For our slight, momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,
Render to her as she herself has rendered, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double dose for her in the cup she mixed.