Proverbs 21:21 - Revised Standard Version CI

²¹ He who 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.

Proverbs 21:21 Cross References

Psalm 112:4

Light rises in the darkness for the upright; the Lord is 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

He who is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.

Proverbs 15:9

The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but he loves him 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

“Hearken to me, you who pursue deliverance, you who seek the Lord; look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were digged.

Hosea 6:3

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

Matthew 5:6

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

Romans 14:19

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

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

but test everything; hold fast what is good,

1 Timothy 6:11

But as for you, man of God, shun all this; aim at righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

2 Timothy 2:22

So shun youthful passions and aim at righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.

Hebrews 12:14

Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.