Proverbs 12:21

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No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 91:10 : 10 No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent.
  • 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?
  • Rev 18:6 : 6 Give to her as she gave, even an increased reward for her works; in the cup which was mixed by her, let there be mixed as much again for herself.
  • Jer 13:12-14 : 12 So you are to say this word to them: This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Every skin bottle will be full of wine; and they will say to you, Is it not quite clear to us that every skin bottle will be full of wine? 13 Then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, I will make all the people of this land, even the kings seated on David's seat, and the priests and the prophets and all the people of Jerusalem, overcome with strong drink. 14 I will have them smashed against one another, fathers and sons together, says the Lord: I will have no pity or mercy, I will have no feeling for them to keep me from giving them to destruction.
  • Hab 2:16 : 16 You are full of shame in place of glory: take your part in the drinking, and let your shame be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand will come round to you and your glory will be covered with shame.
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
  • 1 Cor 3:22-23 : 22 Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
  • 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
  • Prov 1:31 : 31 So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.
  • Prov 14:14 : 14 He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.

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  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Prov 13:21
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    21 Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21 Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20 Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12 The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

    13 In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

  • Prov 21:15
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    15 It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

    6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Prov 2:21-22
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    21 For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

    22 But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6 Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

  • Prov 24:19-20
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    19 Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

    20 For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8 The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18 The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12 The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21 Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

  • Ps 91:10
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    10 No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3 For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13 If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    10 Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

    11 Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8 He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.

  • Prov 14:22
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    22 Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13 But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

  • Job 22:18
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    18 Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

  • Isa 57:21
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    21 There is no peace, says my God, for the evil-doers.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Prov 10:24
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    24 The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

    19 So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11 Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5 The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

  • Ps 107:42
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    42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

  • Job 34:12
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    12 Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.

  • 1 Pet 3:12
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    12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Prov 12:3
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    3 No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

  • Prov 11:27
    72%

    27 He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

  • Isa 48:22
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    22 There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.