Proverbs 11:21

World English Bible (2000)

Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:5 : 5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.
  • Jer 32:39 : 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."
  • Ps 112:1-2 : 1 Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments. 2 His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
  • Exod 23:2 : 2 "You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;
  • Ps 37:26 : 26 All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.
  • Isa 27:4 : 4 Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you. 8 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:5
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    5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

  • Prov 13:21
    75%

    21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    74%

    18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

    19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

  • Prov 12:21
    74%

    21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3 For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Prov 11:31
    74%

    31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

  • Ps 26:10
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    10 in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.

  • Job 21:30
    73%

    30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    73%

    13 As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness;' but my hand shall not be on you.

  • Prov 21:18
    73%

    18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

  • Ps 34:21
    73%

    21 Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Ps 94:21
    72%

    21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

  • Ps 1:5
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    5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

  • Job 21:16
    72%

    16 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Prov 21:12
    72%

    12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Mic 7:3
    72%

    3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

  • Isa 31:2
    71%

    2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.

  • Ps 37:17
    71%

    17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

  • Prov 11:23
    71%

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

  • Prov 10:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

    30 The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

  • Prov 12:12
    71%

    12 The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16 When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

  • Job 17:9
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    9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

  • Job 4:8
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    8 According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7 The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Ps 37:38
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    38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 12:3
    70%

    3 A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

  • Prov 13:6
    70%

    6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • 2 Sam 23:6
    70%

    6 But all of the ungodly shall be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can't be taken with the hand,

  • Isa 14:20
    70%

    20 You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed your land. You have killed your people. The seed of evildoers will not be named forever.

  • Job 34:8
    70%

    8 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

  • Ps 58:2
    70%

    2 No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

  • Prov 29:27
    70%

    27 A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

  • Eccl 8:13
    70%

    13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.

  • Job 36:17
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    17 "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • Ps 37:32
    69%

    32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

  • Job 31:3
    69%

    3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

  • Prov 24:15
    69%

    15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

  • Prov 29:6
    69%

    6 An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

  • Prov 2:22
    69%

    22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

  • Prov 10:3
    69%

    3 Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.