Proverbs 12:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Proverbs 12:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution ( Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7 ; Proverbs 12:14 ; Proverbs 12:21 ; Proverbs 12:28 ). Several dea...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  no evil . nothing in vain. Hebrew. 'aven . App-44. mischief. Hebrew. ra'a'. Same word as "evil" in verses: Proverbs 12:12 ; Proverbs 12:20 .

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. There shall no evil happen to the just - No, for all things work together for good to them that love God. Whateve...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  4. A crown, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom ( Song of Solomon 3:11 ; Song of Solomon 8:9 ). In Damascus the bridal crown cons...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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, 1 Corin...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 13 THE TONGUE "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."- Proverbs 12:14 "In the transgression of the L...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 12:9 . That is to say, it matters little that one is not counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is able to keep a servant, that is, to employ someone to mi...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. There shall no evil ha...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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, su...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. Ver. 21. There shall no evil happen to the just. ] First, For evil of sin: God will not lead him into temptati...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil Either, 1st, Deceit toward others, whom they design to deceive, and then to destroy, while good counsellors bring safety and joy to others: or, rath...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.       Note, 1. Piety is a sure protection. If men be sincerely righteous, the righteous God has eng...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No evil; either, 1. Of sin; or rather, 2. Of suffering or mischief, as the next clause explains this. No such evil shall befall them as doth commonly befall the wicked, who are filled, or overw...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Importance Of Truth And Sound Authority ( Proverbs 12:17-24 ). In this next subsection the stress is on truth as opposed to falsehood, on authority as opposed to disobedience, and on the benef...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:21 ALL WORKING FOR THE GOOD OF THE RIGHTEOUS The first clause cannot, of course, mean that nothing that appears evil—that no sorrow or loss happens to the just. S...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 12:4 . A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, as illustrated at large in chap. 31. Proverbs 12:9 . He that is despised, and hath a servant. There are various comments here. He th...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

  There shall no evil happen to the just. The security of the faithful The things which distinguish us most try us most. Those attributes of our nature which serve to mark its superiority, serve...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 12:1 Instruction ; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive knowledge, especially the...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 21. There shall no evil happen to the just, the very suffering coming upon them in God's wise government being but blessings in disguise, Psalms 91:10 ; Romans 8:28 ; but the wicked shall be...

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• Proverbs 12:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 3:22 ; 1 Corinthians 3:23 ; 2 Corinthians 4:17 ; Habakkuk 2:16 ; Jeremiah 13:12-14 ; Proverbs 1:31 ; Proverbs 14:14 ; Revelation 18:6 ; Romans 8:28

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