Proverbs 11:21 - Revised Standard Version CI

²¹ Be assured, an evil man will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will be delivered.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Assuredly [I pledge it] the wicked shall not go unpunished, but the multitude of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be delivered.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Common English Bible

²¹ The evil person will surely not go unpunished, but the children of the righteous will escape.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Hand in hand, the evil shall not be innocent. But the offspring of the just shall be saved.

Proverbs 11:21 Cross References

Job 36:17

“But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.

Psalm 37:26

He is ever giving liberally and lending, and his children become a blessing.

Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; nor shall you bear witness in a suit, turning aside after a multitude, so as to pervert justice;

Exodus 23:7

Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

Proverbs 11:20

Men of perverse mind are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.

Proverbs 11:22

Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.

Proverbs 12:21

No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.

Proverbs 16:5

Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.

Isaiah 27:4

I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would set out against them, I would burn them up together.

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.

Jeremiah 44:15

Then all the men who knew that their wives had offered incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who dwelt in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah:

Acts 2:39

For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him.”