Proverbs 13:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

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  • Ps 32:10 : 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked, but he who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.
  • Gen 4:7 : 7 If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And unto you shall be his desire, and you shall rule over him.
  • Prov 13:13 : 13 Whoever despises the word shall be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded.
  • Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.
  • Rom 2:7-9 : 7 To those who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life: 8 But to those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honor, and peace, to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 And when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, justice does not allow to live.
  • Num 32:23 : 23 But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out.
  • Ps 140:11 : 11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

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  • Prov 12:21
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    27He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

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    21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • Prov 10:16
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  • Prov 21:21
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    5The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

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  • Job 21:30-31
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    30That the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

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  • Prov 11:23
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  • Prov 21:12
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    71%

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