Proverbs 11:27 - English Standard Version 2016

²⁷ Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: But he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ He who diligently seeks good seeks [God's] favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come upon him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

Common English Bible

²⁷ Those who look for good find favor, but those who seek evil—it will come to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ He does well to rise early, who seeks what is good. But whoever is a seeker of evils shall be oppressed by them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things; but he that seeketh after evil things shall be oppressed by them.

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Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

Psalm 57:6

They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah

Proverbs 17:11

An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

Proverbs 22:9

Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.