Verse 21

Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 32:10 : 10 An evil person suffers much pain, but the LORD’s faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him.
• Gen 4:7 : 7 Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”
• Prov 13:13 : 13 The one who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but whoever esteems direction will be rewarded.
• Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done. 11 Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
• Rom 2:7-9 : 7 eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality, 8 but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness. 9 There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, for the Jew first and also the Greek.
• Acts 28:4 : 4 When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another,“No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!”
• Num 32:23 : 23 “But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the LORD. And know that your sin will find you out.
• Ps 140:11 : 11 A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.