Proverbs 13:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Evil pursueth sinners: But to the righteous good shall be repaid.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Evil pursues sinners, but the consistently upright and in right standing with God is recompensed with good.

American Standard Version (1901)

Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.

Common English Bible

Trouble pursues sinners, but good things reward the righteous.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Evil pursues sinners. And good things shall be distributed to the just.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Evil pursueth sinners: and to the just good shall be repaid.

Proverbs 13:21 Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

Psalm 140:11

Do not let the slanderer be established in the land; let evil speedily hunt down the violent!

Psalm 32:10

Many are the torments of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.

Psalm 54:5

He will repay my enemies for their evil. In your faithfulness, put an end to them.

Proverbs 11:31

If the righteous are repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

Proverbs 13:13

Those who despise a word bring destruction on themselves, but those who respect a command will be rewarded.

Proverbs 17:13

Evil will not depart from the house of one who returns evil for good.

Proverbs 24:16

for though they fall seven times, they will rise again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

Isaiah 47:11

But evil shall come upon you, which you cannot charm away; disaster shall fall upon you, which you will not be able to ward off, and ruin shall come on you suddenly, of which you know nothing.

Ezekiel 7:5

Thus says the Lord God: Disaster after disaster! See, it comes.

Numbers 32:23

But if you do not do this, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.

Acts 28:4

When the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man must be a murderer; though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”