Proverbs 11:21-31

21 ¹Be assured, ²an evil person will not go unpunished, but ³the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

22 Like ⁴a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.

23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good; ⁵the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

24 ⁶One gives ⁷freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

25 ⁸Whoever brings blessing ⁹will be enriched, and ¹⁰one who waters will himself be watered.

26 ¹¹The people curse him who holds back grain, but ¹²a blessing is on the head of him who ¹³sells it.

27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, ^[a] but evil comes to ¹⁴him who searches for it.

28 Whoever ¹⁵trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will ¹⁶flourish like a green leaf.

29 Whoever ¹⁷troubles his own household will ¹⁸inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

30 The fruit of the righteous is ¹⁹a tree of life, and whoever ²⁰captures souls is wise.

31 If ²¹the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

Cross References

• 1. 11:21 ch. 16:5
• 2. 11:21 ch. 12:7; [Ps. 37:2, 9]; See Isa. 28:15-18
• 3. 11:21 See Ps. 112:2
• 4. 11:22 [Gen. 24:47; Isa. 3:21; Ezek. 16:12]
• 5. 11:23 Rom. 2:8, 9
• 6. 11:24 ch. 13:7
• 7. 11:24 Ps. 37:21; 112:9; [ch. 19:17]
• 8. 11:25 See 2 Cor. 9:6-11
• 9. 11:25 ch. 13:4; 28:25
• 10. 11:25 [Matt. 7:2]
• 11. 11:26 ch. 24:24
• 12. 11:26 [Job 29:13]
• 13. 11:26 [Gen. 42:6]
• 14. 11:27 See Ps. 7:16
• 15. 11:28 See Ps. 49:6
• 16. 11:28 Jer. 17:8; See Ps. 92:12
• 17. 11:29 ch. 15:27
• 18. 11:29 [Eccles. 5:16]
• 19. 11:30 See ch. 3:18
• 20. 11:30 Dan. 12:3; James 5:20; See 1 Cor. 9:19-22
• 21. 11:31 [Jer. 25:29; 1 Pet. 4:18]

Footnotes

• [a] 11:27 Or 'acceptance'