Proverbs 13:21
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 13
“Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.”Proverbs 13:21
What Does Proverbs 13:21 Mean?
Proverbs 13:21 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 13, verse 21 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 13:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Numbers 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.”Psalms 32:10“Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.”Isaiah 3:10“Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.”Proverbs 13:13“Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.”Romans 2:7“To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:”Genesis 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.”Psalms 140:11“Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”Proverbs 11:31“Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.”2 Chronicles 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.”Deuteronomy 28:45“Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:”Joshua 7:18“And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.”1 Samuel 15:18“And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.”1 Kings 18:18“And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.”Ecclesiastes 8:12“Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:”Jeremiah 42:16“Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.”
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