Proverbs 12:21
New International Version
No harm overtakes the righteous, but the wicked have their fill of trouble.

New Living Translation
No harm comes to the godly, but the wicked have their fill of trouble.

English Standard Version
No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

Berean Standard Bible
No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

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

New King James Version
No grave trouble will overtake the righteous, But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

New American Standard Bible
No harm happens to the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.

NASB 1995
No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.

NASB 1977
No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.

Legacy Standard Bible
No misfortune befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with calamity.

Amplified Bible
No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.

Christian Standard Bible
No disaster overcomes the righteous, but the wicked are full of misery.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
No disaster overcomes the righteous, but the wicked are full of misery.

American Standard Version
There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Nothing depraved is good to the righteous man, and the evil are filled with evil.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
No injustice will please a just man; but the ungodly will be filled with mischief.

Contemporary English Version
Good people never have trouble, but troublemakers have more than enough.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whatsoever shall befall the just man. it shall not make him sad: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

English Revised Version
There shall no mischief happen to the righteous: but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
No [lasting] harm comes to a righteous person, but wicked people have lots of trouble.

Good News Translation
Nothing bad happens to righteous people, but the wicked have nothing but trouble.

International Standard Version
No harm overwhelms the righteous, but the wicked overflow with trouble.

JPS Tanakh 1917
There shall no mischief befall the righteous; But the wicked are filled with evil.

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

Majority Standard Bible
No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

New American Bible
No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are overwhelmed with misfortune.

NET Bible
The righteous do not encounter any harm, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

New Revised Standard Version
No harm happens to the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

New Heart English Bible
No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

Webster's Bible Translation
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

World English Bible
No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

Young's Literal Translation
No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

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Context
Loving Discipline and Knowledge
20Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy. 21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble. 22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.…

Cross References
1 Peter 3:13
Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

Psalm 91:10
no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.

Psalm 121:7
The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.

Proverbs 1:33
But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil."

Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.

Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.

Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.


Treasury of Scripture

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

no

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.

1 Corinthians 3:22,23
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; …

2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

filled

Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

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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(21) There shall no evil happen to the just.--Comp. our Lord's promise as to temporal matters for those who "seek the kingdom of God" (Matthew 6:33). and for God's care in spiritual matters, 1Corinthians 10:13.

Verse 21. - There shall no evil - mischief - happen to the just. The mischief (aven) intended is not misfortune, calamity, but the evil consequences that follow on ill-doing (Proverbs 22:8); from these the righteous are saved. Our Lord goes further, and says (Matthew 6:33), "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these (temporal) things shall be added unto you." Vulgate, "Nothing that happens can make a just man sorrowful;" for he knows it is all for the best, and he looks toward another life, where all seeming anomalies will be cleared up. Septuagint, "The just man takes pleasure in naught that is unjust." The wicked shall be filled with mischief; rather, with evil, moral and physical (Psalm 32:10). The Old Testament takes a general view of God's moral government without regarding special anomalies.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
No
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

harm
אָ֑וֶן (’ā·wen)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol

befalls
יְאֻנֶּ֣ה (yə·’un·neh)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 579: To be opportune, to meet, encounter opportunely

the righteous,
לַצַּדִּ֣יק (laṣ·ṣad·dîq)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

but the wicked
וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים (ū·rə·šā·‘îm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

are filled
מָ֣לְאוּ (mā·lə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

with trouble.
רָֽע׃ (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil


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