Proverbs 13:21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

Psalm 140:11

Do not let the slanderer be established in the land; let evil speedily hunt down the violent!

Psalm 32:10

Many are the torments of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.

Psalm 54:5

He will repay my enemies for their evil. In your faithfulness, put an end to them.

Proverbs 11:31

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

Proverbs 13:13

Those who despise a word bring destruction on themselves, but those who respect a command will be rewarded.

Proverbs 17:13

Evil will not depart from the house of one who returns evil for good.

Proverbs 24:16

for though they fall seven times, they will rise again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

Isaiah 47:11

But evil shall come upon you, which you cannot charm away; disaster shall fall upon you, which you will not be able to ward off, and ruin shall come on you suddenly, of which you know nothing.

Ezekiel 7:5

Thus says the Lord God: Disaster after disaster! See, it comes.

Numbers 32:23

But if you do not do this, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.

Acts 28:4

When the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man must be a murderer; though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”