Numbers 32:23 warns that sin will find you out, directly echoing the idea that misfortune pursues sinners.

Psalm 32:10 contrasts many sorrows for the wicked with steadfast love for the righteous, mirroring the same dual outcome.

Isaiah 3:10 promises well-being to the righteous, reinforcing the reward side of the proverb.

Isaiah 3:11 pronounces woe to the wicked, matching the side of misfortune for sinners.

Romans 2:7-10 expands the same principle: eternal life for good, wrath for evil — a NT parallel to Proverbs’ contrast.

Deuteronomy 28:45 describes curses pursuing and overtaking the disobedient, directly paralleling misfortune pursuing sinners.

In 1 Kings 18:18, Elijah tells Ahab his sin brought trouble—a concrete example of misfortune pursuing sinners as Proverbs states.

Jeremiah 42:16 warns that sword and famine will overtake disobedient Judah—misfortune pursues sinners as Proverbs says.

Psalm 140:11 prays for evil to hunt the violent, paralleling the concept of misfortune pursuing sinners.

Ecclesiastes 8:12 affirms that it will be well with those who fear God, reinforcing the proverb's promise of prosperity for the righteous.

Acts 28:4 shows islanders interpreting a snakebite as divine punishment, reflecting the belief that calamity follows sin.