Proverbs 13:21

Modern English Version

Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

Cross References

Psalm 32:10

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but lovingkindness will surround the man who trusts in the Lord.

Proverbs 13:13

He who despises instruction will be destroyed, but he who respects a commandment will be rewarded.

Psalm 140:11

Let not a slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

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.

Genesis 4:7

If you do well, shall you not be accepted? But if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must rule over it.”

Acts 28:4

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.”

Psalm 54:5

He will repay my enemies for their evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.

Proverbs 11:31

If the righteous will be repaid on the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

Proverbs 17:13

He who rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.

Isaiah 47:11

Therefore, evil shall come upon you, which you shall not know from where it rises. And disaster shall fall upon you, for which you shall not be able to atone. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly, which you shall not know.

Proverbs 24:16

for a righteous man falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked are overthrown in evil.

Ezekiel 7:5

Thus says the Lord God: A disaster! A unique disaster! Behold, it is coming!