Proverbs 13:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth the righteous.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 32:10 : 10 Many `are' the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him.
  • Gen 4:7 : 7 Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.'
  • Prov 13:13 : 13 Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.
  • Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say ye to the righteous, that `it is' good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat. 11 Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.
  • Rom 2:7-9 : 7 to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during; 8 and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath, 9 tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek; 10 and glory, and honour, and peace, to every one who is working the good, both to Jew first, and to Greek.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 And when the foreigners saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said unto one another, `Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved out of the sea, the justice did not suffer to live;'
  • Num 32:23 : 23 `And if ye do not so, lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and know ye your sin, that it doth find you;
  • Ps 140:11 : 11 A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.

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    19 The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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    27 Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.

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    18 The wicked `is' an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.

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    16 The wage of the righteous `is' for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

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    7 The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

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    6 In the transgression of the evil `is' a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

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    20 Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

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    5 The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

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    30 That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

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    23 The desire of the righteous `is' only good, The hope of the wicked `is' transgression.

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