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

²¹ Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ He that followeth after righteousness and mercy Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ He who earnestly seeks after and craves righteousness, mercy, and loving-kindness will find life in addition to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) and honor. [Prov. 15:9; Matt. 5:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

Common English Bible

²¹ Those who pursue righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Whoever follows justice and mercy shall discover life, justice, and glory.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ He that followeth justice and mercy, shall find life, justice, and glory.

Proverbs 21:21 Cross References

Psalm 112:4

They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright; they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.

Proverbs 10:16

The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.

Proverbs 11:19

Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but whoever pursues evil will die.

Proverbs 15:9

The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but he loves the one who pursues righteousness.

Proverbs 22:4

The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.

Proverbs 3:22

and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.

Isaiah 51:1

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the quarry from which you were dug.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Matthew 5:6

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Romans 14:19

Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal, but I press on to lay hold of that for which Christ has laid hold of me.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

but test everything; hold fast to what is good;

1 Timothy 6:11

But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.

2 Timothy 2:22

Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.