Proverbs 13:21 - Revised Standard Version CI

²¹ Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

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

Genesis 4:7

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

Psalm 140:11

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

Psalm 32:10

Many are the pangs of the wicked; but steadfast love surrounds him who trusts in the Lord.

Psalm 54:5

He will requite my enemies with evil; in thy faithfulness put an end to them.

Proverbs 11:31

If the righteous is requited on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

Proverbs 13:13

He who despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who respects the commandment will be rewarded.

Proverbs 17:13

If a man returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.

Proverbs 24:16

for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

Isaiah 47:11

But evil shall come upon you, for which you cannot atone; disaster shall fall upon you, which you will not be able to expiate; and ruin shall come on you suddenly, of which you know nothing.

Ezekiel 7:5

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

Numbers 32:23

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

Acts 28:4

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.”