Proverbs 12:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 91:10 : 10 Evil happeneth not unto thee, And a plague cometh not near thy tent,
  • 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 and who `is' he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?
  • Rev 18:6 : 6 Render to her as also she did render to you, and double to her doubles according to her works; in the cup that she did mingle mingle to her double.
  • Jer 13:12-14 : 12 And thou hast said unto them this word, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, `Every bottle is full of wine,' And they have said unto thee: `Do we not certainly know that every bottle is full of wine?' 13 And thou hast said unto them, `Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am filling all the inhabitants of this land, And the kings who sit for David on his throne, And the priests, and the prophets, And all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, `With' drunkenness, 14 And have dashed them one against another, And the fathers and the sons together, An affirmation of Jehovah, I do not pity, nor spare, nor have I mercy, So as not to destroy them.
  • Hab 2:16 : 16 Thou hast been filled -- shame without honour, Drink thou also, and be uncircumcised, Turn round unto thee doth the cup of the right hand of Jehovah, And shameful spewing `is' on thine honour.
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;
  • 1 Cor 3:22-23 : 22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things about to be -- all are yours, 23 and ye `are' Christ's, and Christ `is' God's.
  • 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us --
  • Prov 1:31 : 31 And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.
  • Prov 14:14 : 14 From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.

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