Proverbs 11:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Be assured that the evil person will not be unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous have escaped harm.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:5 : 5 The LORD abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.
  • Jer 32:39 : 39 I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them.
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
  • Ps 112:1-2 : 1 Praise the LORD! How blessed is the one who obeys the LORD, who takes great delight in keeping his commands. 2 His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.
  • Exod 23:2 : 2 “You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,
  • Ps 37:26 : 26 All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children are blessed.
  • Isa 27:4 : 4 I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire,
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:5
    76%

    5The LORD abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

  • Isa 3:11
    76%

    11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

  • Prov 13:21
    75%

    21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

  • Prov 11:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 12:21
    74%

    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

  • Ps 125:3
    74%

    3Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.

  • Prov 21:7
    74%

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Prov 11:31
    74%

    31If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Ps 26:10
    73%

    10who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.

  • Job 21:30
    73%

    30that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    73%

    13It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

  • Prov 21:18
    73%

    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

  • Ps 34:21
    73%

    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

  • Ps 94:21
    72%

    21They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

  • Ps 1:5
    72%

    5For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.

  • Job 21:16
    72%

    16But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

  • Prov 21:12
    72%

    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Mic 7:3
    72%

    3They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.

  • Isa 31:2
    71%

    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • Ps 37:17
    71%

    17for evil men will lose their power, but the LORD sustains the godly.

  • Prov 11:23
    71%

    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Prov 10:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

  • Prov 12:12
    71%

    12The wicked person has desired the stronghold of the wicked, but the root of the righteous will yield fruit.

  • Prov 29:16
    71%

    16When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.

  • Prov 10:16
    71%

    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Prov 11:8
    71%

    8A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.

  • Job 17:9
    71%

    9But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

  • Job 4:8
    70%

    8Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

  • Prov 12:7
    70%

    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

  • Prov 14:19
    70%

    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Ps 37:38
    70%

    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

  • Prov 12:3
    70%

    3No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved.

  • Prov 13:6
    70%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • 2 Sam 23:6
    70%

    6But evil people are like thorns– all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.

  • Isa 14:20
    70%

    20You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.

  • Job 34:8
    70%

    8He goes about in company with evildoers, he goes along with wicked men.

  • Ps 58:2
    70%

    2No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

  • Prov 29:27
    70%

    27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Eccl 8:13
    70%

    13But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

  • Job 36:17
    70%

    17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • Ps 37:32
    69%

    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Job 31:3
    69%

    3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

  • Prov 24:15
    69%

    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Prov 29:6
    69%

    6In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 2:22
    69%

    22but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

  • Prov 10:3
    69%

    3The LORD satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.