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. Proverbs 16:5
• 2. Proverbs 12:7; [Psalms 37:2, 9]; See Isaiah 28:15-18
• 3. See Psalms 112:2
• 4. [Genesis 24:47; Isaiah 3:21; Ezekiel 16:12]
• 5. Romans 2:8, 9
• 6. Proverbs 13:7
• 7. Psalms 37:21; Psalms 112:9; [Proverbs 19:17]
• 8. See 2 Corinthians 9:6-11
• 9. Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 28:25
• 10. [Matthew 7:2]
• 11. Proverbs 24:24
• 12. [Job 29:13]
• 13. [Genesis 42:6]
• 14. See Psalms 7:16
• 15. See Psalms 49:6
• 16. Jeremiah 17:8; See Psalms 92:12
• 17. Proverbs 15:27
• 18. [Ecclesiastes 5:16]
• 19. See Proverbs 3:18
• 20. Daniel 12:3; James 5:20; See 1 Corinthians 9:19-22
• 21. [Jeremiah 25:29; 1 Peter 4:18]

Footnotes

• [a]. Or acceptance