Proverbs 12:21 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²¹There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

Proverbs 12:21 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 3:13
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
Psalms 91:10
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Jeremiah 13:12-14
Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 21)

Note, 1. Piety is a sure protection. If men be sincerely righteous, the righteous God has engaged that no evil shall happen to them. He will, by the power of his grace in them, that principle of justice, keep them from the evil of sin; so that, though they be tempted, yet they shall not be overcome by the temptation, and though they may come into trouble, into many troubles, yet to them those trou…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 21)

21. no evil--(as in Psa 91:10), under God’s wise limitations (Ro 8:28). mischief--as penal evil.