Proverbs 12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
‘Evil’ [Hebrew: ’aven] iniquity, especially connected with idols. Hence, it means vanity or a vain thing because idols are nothing (Job 15:35; Ps. 10:7; Pro. 22:8). Here it means that no vain thing will happen to the just, for all things work together for their good (Rom. 8:28). God turns to the advantage of the righteous or just any intended evil that happens.
Seven troubles God keeps one from: Sickness (Job 5:18); famine (Job 5:20, 22); war (Job 5:20); gossip and slander (Job 5:21); destruction and calamity (Job 5:21-22); wild beasts of the field (Job 5:22-23); sin (Job 5:24). If a Christian falls into these calamities it is because of sin and disobedience.
Promises of Psalms 91:1-16: If you abide under the shadow of the Almighty He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and the noisome pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers. His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night or of the arrow [attacks] that flies by day or of the pestilence [sickness] that walks in darkness or that which destroys at noonday. Though 1,000 fall at your left and 10,000 at your right, it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the wicked. There shall no evil befall you and no plague come near your dwelling. God shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. God will answer him, be with him in trouble, honour him, satisfy him with a long life and will show him His salvation.
Many are the promises of God. They cover every known need of life, here and hereafter, and reveal to what extent God has made provision to help man in his struggle to overcome sin, sickness, and satan, and regain the full dominion that he lost in Adam when he fell. The ultimate purpose of God in all His present dealings with man is to bring him back to the place where he was before the fall and purge him of all possibility of failing in the future.
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