Proverbs 11:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The truth is, evil people will be punished, and good people will be set free.

Cross References

Acts 2:39

This promise is for you. It is also for your children and for the people who are far away. It is for everyone the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them the desire to be one, united people. They will have one goal—to worship me all their lives. They and their children will want to do this.

Proverbs 16:5

The Lord hates those who are proud. You can be sure he will punish them all.

Psalm 37:26

They are kind and generous, and their children are a blessing.

Proverbs 13:22

It is good to have something to pass down to your grandchildren. But wealth hidden away by sinners will be given to those who live right.

Exodus 23:2

“Don’t do something just because everyone else is doing it. If you see a group of people doing wrong, don’t join them. You must not let them persuade you to do wrong things—you must do what is right and fair.

Isaiah 27:4

I am not angry. But if there is war and someone builds a wall of thornbushes, then I will march to it and burn it.

Proverbs 11:20

The Lord hates those who love to do evil, but he is pleased with those who try to do right.

Proverbs 11:22

A beautiful woman without good sense is like a gold ring in a pig’s nose.

Jeremiah 44:15

There were many people from Judah living in southern Egypt. Many of the women from Judah were meeting together in a large group and making sacrifices to other gods, and their husbands knew what they were doing. Those men said to Jeremiah,

Exodus 23:7

“Be very careful if you say that someone is guilty of something. Don’t make false charges against a person. Never allow innocent people to be killed as punishment for something they did not do. Whoever kills an innocent person is evil, and I will not treat a guilty person as innocent.

Job 36:17

But you are full of this talk about guilt, judgment, and justice!

Proverbs 12:21

The Lord will keep good people safe, but evil people will have many troubles.