Proverbs 13:21

Modern

Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

Traditional

Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

Literal

Evil pursues the sinful ones, and goodness will reward the righteous ones.

Latin

Peccatores persequitur malum, et justis retribuentur bona.

Hebrew

English

Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

Psalm 32:10
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
Isaiah 3:10–11
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Romans 2:7–10
To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
Proverbs 13:13
He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
Genesis 4:7
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
Psalm 140:11
May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
Numbers 32:23
But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
Acts 28:4
When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”