Proverbs 13:21

New Century Version

Trouble always comes to sinners, but good people enjoy success.

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you do things well, I will accept you, but if you do not do them well, sin is ready to attack you. Sin wants you, but you must rule over it.”

Psalm 140:11

Don’t let liars settle in the land. Let evil quickly hunt down cruel people.

Psalm 32:10

Wicked people have many troubles, but the Lord’s love surrounds those who trust him.

Psalm 54:5

Let my enemies be punished with their own evil. Destroy them because you are loyal to me.

Proverbs 11:31

Good people will be rewarded on earth, and the wicked and the sinners will be punished.

Proverbs 13:13

Those who reject what they are taught will pay for it, but those who obey what they are told will be rewarded.

Proverbs 17:13

Whoever gives evil in return for good will always have trouble at home.

Proverbs 24:16

Even though good people may be bothered by trouble seven times, they are never defeated, but the wicked are overwhelmed by trouble.

Isaiah 47:11

But troubles will come to you, and you will not know how to stop them. Disaster will fall on you, and you will not be able to keep it away. You will be destroyed quickly; you will not even see it coming.

Ezekiel 7:5

“This is what the Lord God says: Disaster on top of disaster is coming.

Numbers 32:23

“But if you don’t do these things, you will be sinning against the Lord; know for sure that you will be punished for your sin.

Acts 28:4

The people living on the island saw the snake hanging from Paul’s hand and said to each other, “This man must be a murderer! He did not die in the sea, but Justice does not want him to live.”