A moment in scripture
Proverbs 13:21
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Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 13:19
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
- Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
- Proverbs 13:23
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.