Proverbs 13:21

New International Reader's Version

Hard times chase those who are sinful. But those who do right are rewarded with good things.

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

Do what is right and then you will be accepted. If you don’t do what is right, sin is waiting at your door to grab you. It desires to control you. But you must rule over it.”

Psalm 140:11

Don’t let people who lie about me be secure in the land. May trouble hunt down those who want to hurt me.

Psalm 32:10

Sinful people have all kinds of trouble. But the Lord’s faithful love is all around those who trust in him.

Psalm 54:5

My enemies tell lies about me. Do to them the evil things they planned against me. God, be faithful and destroy them.

Proverbs 11:31

Godly people get what they should get on earth. So ungodly people and sinners will certainly get what they should get!

Proverbs 13:13

Anyone who hates what they are taught will pay for it later. But a person who respects a command will be rewarded.

Proverbs 17:13

Evil will never leave the house of anyone who pays back evil for good.

Proverbs 24:16

Even if godly people fall down seven times, they always get up. But those who are evil trip and fall when trouble comes.

Isaiah 47:11

So horrible trouble will come on you. You will not know how to use your evil magic to make it go away. Great trouble will fall on you. No amount of money can keep it away. Something terrible will happen to you all at once. You will not see it coming ahead of time.

Ezekiel 7:5

“I am the Lord and King. I say, ‘Horrible trouble is coming! No one has ever heard of anything like it. It is here!

Numbers 32:23

“But what if you fail to do your duty? Then you will be sinning against the Lord. And you may be sure that your sin will be discovered. It will be brought out into the open.

Acts 28:4

The people of the island saw the snake hanging from his hand. They said to one another, “This man must be a murderer. He escaped from the sea. But the female god Justice won’t let him live.”