Proverbs 13:21
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
KJV
Peccatores persequitur malum, et justis retribuentur bona.
Vulgate
ἁμαρτάνοντας καταδιώξεται κακά, τοὺς δὲ δικαίους καταλήμψεται ἀγαθά.
LXX
Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.
ASV
חַ֭טָּאִים תְּרַדֵּ֣ף רָעָ֑ה וְ/אֶת צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים יְשַׁלֶּם טֽוֹב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
חַטָּאִ֑ים
cht'ym
noun · 19×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יְשַׁלֶּם
yshlm
verb · 111×
ם
m
verb · 144×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 18:34 — And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
- Acts 28:4 — And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
- Gen 4:7 — If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
- Isa 3:10 — Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- Num 32:23 — But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
- Num 32:23 — But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
- Prov 11:31 — Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
- Prov 13:13 — Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
- Prov 13:13 — Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
- Ps 32:10 — Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
- Ps 32:10 — Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
- Ps 140:11 — Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- Ps 140:11 — Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- Rom 2:7 — To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: