Proverbs 12:21
“There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
There shall no evil happen to the just,.... The evil of sin: no iniquity, as the Targum; which, and the Septuagint,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Note, 1. Piety is a sure protection. If men be sincerely righteous, the righteous God has engaged that no evil shall…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
evil … mischief Rather, mischief … evil, with R.V., reversing the meaning of the two Heb. words.
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