Proverbs 21:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Proverbs 10:16

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked to sin.

Proverbs 11:19

He that is stedfast in righteousness shall attain unto life: And he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

Proverbs 15:9

The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

Proverbs 22:4

The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Is riches, and honour, and life.

Proverbs 3:22

So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.

Isaiah 51:1

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.

Hosea 6:3

And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Romans 14:19

So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may apprehend that for which also I was apprehended by Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

1 Timothy 6:11

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

2 Timothy 2:22

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Hebrews 12:14

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

1 Peter 1:7

that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, might be found unto praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ: