Proverbs 12:21
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
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…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
Note, 1. Piety is a sure protection. If men be sincerely righteous, the righteous God has engaged that no evil shall happen to them. He will, by the power of his grace in them, that principle of…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
evil … mischief Rather, mischief … evil, with R.V., reversing the meaning of the two Heb. words.
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