Proverbs 12:21

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.

Related Commentaries of 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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mischief ] i.e. calamity ( Proverbs 17:20 ; Proverbs 28:14 ).
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 )....
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."...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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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 c...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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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, Fo...
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 co...
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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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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 auth...
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...
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...
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...
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 ope...
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, Psalm...
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 ; Revelatio...

²¹ There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 12:21

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 12:21