Proverbs 13:21 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²¹ Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Evil pursueth sinners: But to the righteous good shall be repaid.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Evil pursues sinners, but the consistently upright and in right standing with God is recompensed with good.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.

Common English Bible

²¹ Trouble pursues sinners, but good things reward the righteous.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Evil pursues sinners. And good things shall be distributed to the just.

Proverbs 13:21 Cross References

Psalm 32:10

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

Proverbs 13:13

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Psalm 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.

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.

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.

Psalm 54:5

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

Proverbs 11:31

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Proverbs 17:13

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Isaiah 47:11

Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

Proverbs 24:16

for a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Ezekiel 7:5

Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.