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Proverbs 21:21
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The one who pursues righteousness and faithful lovewill find life, righteousness, and honor.
He who follows after righteousness and kindness Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.
One who pursues righteousness and loyalty Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Whoever tries to live right and be loyal finds life, success, and honor.
He who earnestly seeks righteousness and loyalty Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
He who follows after righteousness and kindness Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
He that followeth after righteousnes and mercy, shal finde life, righteousnes, and glory.
He who pursues righteousness and lovingkindnessFinds life, righteousness, and glory.
He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
If you try to be kind and good, you will be blessed with life and goodness and honor.
He who pursues righteousness and kindness finds life, prosperity and honor.
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
People who try hard to do good and be faithful will find life, goodness, and honor.
He who seeks after righteousness and mercy will find life, righteousness, and honor.
Be kind and honest and you will live a long life; others will respect you and treat you fairly.
He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.
He who pursues righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness and honor.
Who so foloweth rightuousnesse and mercy, fyndeth both life, rightuousnesse and honor.
He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, prosperity, and honour.
Hee that followeth after righteousnesse and mercy, findeth life, righteousnesse and honour.
Who so foloweth righteousnesse and mercy, findeth both life, righteousnesse, and honour.
The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory.
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
He that sueth riytfulnesse and mercy, schal fynde lijf and glorie.
He that follows after righteousness and kindness Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.
He who follows righteousness and mercy Finds life, righteousness and honor.
Whoever pursues righteousness and unfailing love will find life, righteousness, and honor.
He who follows what is right and loving and kind finds life, right-standing with God and honor.
Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.
He that pursueth righteousness and lovingkindness, shall find life, righteousness and honour.
He that followeth justice and mercy, shall find life, justice, and glory.
He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.
Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
He who pursues righteousness and loyalty Finds life, righteousness and honor.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
that: Proverbs 15:9, Isaiah 51:1, Hosea 6:3, Matthew 5:6, Romans 14:19, Philippians 3:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 1 Timothy 6:11, 2 Timothy 2:22, Hebrews 12:14
findeth: Proverbs 22:4, Romans 2:7-10, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 4:8, 1 Peter 1:7
Reciprocal: Proverbs 21:7 - because Romans 9:30 - followed 1 Corinthians 14:1 - Follow 2 Corinthians 9:9 - his
Cross-References
So Moses sent them off from the Wilderness of Paran at the command of God . All of them were leaders in Israel, one from each tribe. These were their names: from Reuben: Shammua son of Zaccur from Simeon: Shaphat son of Hori from Judah: Caleb son of Jephunneh from Issachar: Igal son of Joseph from Ephraim: Hoshea son of Nun from Benjamin: Palti son of Raphu from Zebulun: Gaddiel son of Sodi from Manasseh (a Joseph tribe): Gaddi son of Susi from Dan: Ammiel son of Gemalli from Asher: Sethur son of Michael from Naphtali: Nahbi son of Vophsi from Gad: Geuel son of Maki.
They presented themselves before Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation of the People of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They reported to the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land. Then they told the story of their trip: "We went to the land to which you sent us and, oh! It does flow with milk and honey! Just look at this fruit! The only thing is that the people who live there are fierce, their cities are huge and well fortified. Worse yet, we saw descendants of the giant Anak. Amalekites are spread out in the Negev; Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites hold the hill country; and the Canaanites are established on the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan." Caleb interrupted, called for silence before Moses and said, "Let's go up and take the land—now. We can do it." But the others said, "We can't attack those people; they're way stronger than we are." They spread scary rumors among the People of Israel. They said, "We scouted out the land from one end to the other—it's a land that swallows people whole. Everybody we saw was huge. Why, we even saw the Nephilim giants (the Anak giants come from the Nephilim). Alongside them we felt like grasshoppers. And they looked down on us as if we were grasshoppers."
Samuel died. The whole country came to his funeral. Everyone grieved over his death, and he was buried in his hometown of Ramah. Meanwhile, David moved again, this time to the wilderness of Maon.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy,.... Is eager, diligent, and fervent in his pursuit of these things: "after righteousness"; not a legal righteousness, such as the Jews followed after, but did not attain to; because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law, Romans 9:31; by which there is no righteousness or justification before God; but an evangelical righteousness, the righteousness of Christ; see Isaiah 51:1. To follow after it is to seek, desire, and thirst after it, Matthew 5:6; which supposes a want of righteousness, a sense of that want; a view of a righteousness without them, even in Christ; a love and liking of it, and therefore follow after it; it being pure, perfect, agreeably to the law and justice of God, which justifies now, and will answer for them in a time to come. And such follow after "mercy" or "grace" g; seeing themselves miserable by sin, and having no merit of their own, apply to God for pardoning grace and mercy; and seek for righteousness in a way of grace, as a free gift; and for the whole of salvation in the same way, as well as for all grace and fresh supplies of it: it may be understood, in consequence of the former, of a diligent and eager performance of works of righteousness and mercy, and an earnest desire after both. And such a man
findeth life, righteousness, and honour; which is more than he is said to follow after: "life" spiritual, which he has from Christ by his Spirit, and which is owing to the grace and mercy of God; and eternal life, through the righteousness of Christ, in whom it is only to be found, and from whom all the blessings of life come; who has it in his hands to give, and does give it to all his people: "righteousness" also he finds, not in himself, nor by the works of the law, but in Christ; being directed to him by the Spirit and word of God; and an excellent finding this is; a robe of righteousness, which he lays hold upon, puts on, and rejoices in: and likewise "honour", through relation to God and Christ; through grace received from them; by enjoying the presence of them, and being made a king and priest to God; and hereafter will be placed at Christ's right hand, inherit the kingdom of glory, sit on the same throne with Christ, and wear the crown of life and righteousness.
g חסד "gratiam", Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The man who keeps “righteousness” will assuredly find it, but he will find besides it the “life” and the “honor” which he was not seeking. Compare 1 Kings 3:13; Matthew 6:33.
