Solomon
Proverbs 13:21ESV·traditional attribution
Disaster pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.
Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry
Here see, 1. How unavoidable the destruction of sinners is; the wrath of God pursues them, and all the terrors of that wrath: Evil pursues them closely wherever they go, as the avenger of blood pursued the manslayer, and they have no city of refuge to flee to; they attempt an escape, but in vain. Whom God pursues he is sure to overtake.
John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill
Evil pursueth sinners,.... They pursue the evil of sin, and the evil of punishment pursues them, and at last overtakes them; their damnation, though it may seem to slumber and linger, it does not; it is upon the full speed after them, and will quickly seize upon them.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed @jfbcommentary
(Compare Pro 11:31). good . . . repaid--or, "He (God) will repay good."