Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Evil brings death to the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

New American Standard Bible

Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

King James Version

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

International Standard Version

Evil will kill the wicked; those who hate the righteous will be held guilty.

A Conservative Version

Evil shall kill the wicked, and those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

American Standard Version

Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

Amplified


Evil will cause the death of the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous will be held guilty and will be condemned.

Bible in Basic English

Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

Darby Translation

Evil shall destroy the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall bear their guilt.

Julia Smith Translation

Evil shall slay the unjust one: and they hating the just one shall transgress.

King James 2000

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Evil will slay [the] wicked, and [those who] hate [the] righteous will incur guilt.

Modern King James verseion

Evil shall slay the wicked; and those who hate the righteous shall be held guilty.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But misfortune shall slay the ungodly; and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

NET Bible

Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

New Heart English Bible

Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

The Emphasized Bible

Misfortune shall be the death of the lawless one, And, the haters of the righteous man, shall be held guilty.

Webster

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

World English Bible

Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

Youngs Literal Translation

Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Lord Delivers The Righteous

20 He protects all his bones;
not one of them is broken.
21 Evil brings death to the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be punished.
22 The Lord redeems the life of His servants,
and all who take refuge in Him will not be punished.


Cross References

Psalm 94:23

He will pay them back for their sins
and destroy them for their evil.
The Lord our God will destroy them.

Exodus 20:7

Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.

1 Samuel 19:4-5

Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul. He said to him: “The king should not sin against his servant David. He hasn’t sinned against you; in fact, his actions have been a great advantage to you.

1 Samuel 31:4

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me.” But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man who can ask Yahweh, but I hate him because he never prophesies good about me, but only disaster. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

“The king shouldn’t say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

1 Kings 22:37

So the king died and was brought to Samaria. They buried the king in Samaria.

Psalm 37:12-15

The wicked person schemes against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him.

Psalm 37:30-40

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom;
his tongue speaks what is just.

Psalm 40:15

Let those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
be horrified because of their shame.

Psalm 89:23

I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.

Proverbs 24:16

Though a righteous man falls seven times,
he will get up,
but the wicked will stumble into ruin.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked—it will go badly for them,
for what they have done will be done to them.

Luke 19:14

“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us!’

Luke 19:27

But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter them in my presence.’”

Luke 19:41-44

As He approached and saw the city, He wept over it,

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it—that its deeds are evil.

John 15:18-23

“If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me before it hated you.

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us; they displease God and are hostile to everyone,

2 Thessalonians 1:6

since it is righteous for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you

2 Thessalonians 1:9

These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord’s presence and from His glorious strength

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