Proverbs 11:21 (BSB)

Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

From Proverbs 11. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 11:21

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 11:21: Observe, 1. That confederacies in sin shall certainly be broken, and shall not avail to protect the sinners: Though hand join in hand, though there are many that concur by their practice to keep wickedness in countenance, and engage to stand by one another in defending it against all the attacks of virtue and justice, - though they are in league for the support and...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 11:21: Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished,.... Though they give the hand to one another, unite in their counsels, enter into combinations, confederacies, and strict alliances, and join all their force and strength together; or though with both hands, with all their might and main, endeavour to secure themselves, yet they shall not go unpunished.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 11:21: The combined power of the wicked cannot free them from just punishment, while the unaided children of the righteous find deliverance by reason of their pious relationship (Psa 37:25-26).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 11:21: [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. (l) Though they make many friends, or think themselves sure, yet they will not escape.