Proverbs 12:21
19 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
20 Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
22 Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
23 A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
- KJV
- There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
- WEB
- No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.
- ASV
- There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
- DARBY
- There shall no evil happen to a righteous [man]; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
- BLB
- Not any iniquity will meet with the righteous one, and the wicked are full of evil.
- ÅB
- Det rammer ikke den rettferdige noe ondt, men de ugudelige får ulykke i fullt mål.
- OTB
- De rettferdige møter ingen varig skade, men de ugudelige er fulle av trøbbel.
- B1930
- Det rammer ikke den rettferdige noget ondt, men de ugudelige får ulykke i fullt mål.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 3:13
Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
Read in contextPsalms 91:10
no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
Read in contextRomans 8:28
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Read in contextRevelation 18:6
Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
Read in contextJeremiah 13:12–14
Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’
Read in contextProverbs 1:31
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:22–23
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
Read in contextProverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
Read in context