Proverbs 13:21

The Message

Disaster entraps sinners, but God-loyal people get a good life.

Cross References

Psalm 32:10

God-defiers are always in trouble; God-affirmers find themselves loved every time they turn around.

Proverbs 11:31

If good people barely make it, what’s in store for the bad!

Proverbs 13:13

Ignore the Word and suffer; honor God’s commands and grow rich.

Proverbs 17:13

Those who return evil for good will meet their own evil returning.

Ezekiel 7:5

“I, God, the Master, say: ‘Disaster after disaster! Look, it comes! Endtime— the end comes. The end is ripe. Watch out, it’s coming! This is your fate, you who live in this land. Time’s up. It’s zero hour. No dragging of feet now, no bargaining for more time. Soon now I’ll pour my wrath on you, pay out my anger against you, Render my verdict on the way you’ve lived, make you pay for your disgusting obscenities. I won’t look the other way, I won’t feel sorry for you. I’ll make you pay for the way you’ve lived. Your disgusting obscenities will boomerang on you. Then you’ll realize that it is I, God, who have hit you.

Numbers 32:23

“But if you don’t do what you say, you will be sinning against God; you can be sure that your sin will track you down. So, go ahead. Build towns for your families and corrals for your livestock. Do what you said you’d do.”