27 He who earnestly seeks good [a]finds favor,
(A)But trouble will come to him who seeks evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:27 Lit. seeks

21 (A)Evil pursues sinners,
But to the righteous, good shall be repaid.

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19 The evil will bow before the good,
And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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22 Do they not go astray who devise evil?
But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.

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13 Whoever (A)rewards evil for good,
Evil will not depart from his house.

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