Romans 12:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Do not let yourself be overcome by evil, but overcome (master) evil with good.

American Standard Version (1901)

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Common English Bible

Don’t be defeated by evil, but defeat evil with good.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not allow evil to prevail, instead prevail over evil by means of goodness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.

Romans 12:21 Cross References

Proverbs 16:32

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.

Romans 12:20

Instead, “if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink, for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.”

Romans 13:1

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.