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Proverbs 12:21

in Proverbs 12

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

This verse in Proverbs 12

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
There shall no evil happen to the just,.... The evil of sin: no iniquity, as the Targum; which, and the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, interpret of sin not being agreeable, convenient, suit able, and pleasing to a righteous man. Moreover, the Lord, by his Spirit and grace, weakens the power of sin in them; and, by his providence, prevents and removes occasion of sinning; and by his power preserves from it, from being overcome and carried away with it, at least finally and totally.

This site's exposition

He who speaks the truth declares what is right

on Proverbs 12:17-22

Verses 17 to 22 gather proverbs on the tongue. Rash words are “like a piercing sword,” but “the tongue of the wise brings healing,” and “Truthful lips endure forever”. “Lying lips are detestable to the LORD,” as dishonest scales are at 11:1, and “those who deal faithfully are His delight”.

This site's exposition

No harm befalls the righteous

The righteous still meet hardship, and the promise speaks of harm that ruins. Adam Clarke reads it with Romans 8:28: whatever happens to a righteous man, God turns to his good. The wicked are filled with trouble.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

There shall no evil happen to the just - No, for all things work together for good to them that love God. Whatever occurs to a righteous man God turns to his advantage. But, on the other hand, the wicked are filled with mischief: they are hurt, grieved, and wounded, by every occurrence; and nothing turns to their profit.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יְאֻנֶּ֣הit happens

    yeunehH579 →

  • לַצַּדִּ֣יקto the righteous

    latzadikH6662 →206 times

  • כָּל־any

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אָ֑וֶןtrouble

    ʾavenH205 →77 times

  • וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗יםand wicked [people]

    ureshaimH7563 →263 times

  • מָ֣לְאוּthey are full

    maluH4390 →249 times

  • רָֽע׃distress

    ra'H7451 →662 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Romans 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.

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 5:10

      And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…

    • James 1:12

      Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

    • Genesis 50:20

      As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

    • Romans 5:3–5

      Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

    • 1 Corinthians 2:9

      Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

  • Through

    Psalms 91:10

    no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 121:7

      The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.

    • Deuteronomy 7:15

      And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.

    • Romans 8:25

      But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

Where this verse is studied

About Proverbs

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.