12:21

You didn't find this number. It found you. Across every honest split of it, 22 books carry this number, and the heaviest word at it is Romans 12:21.

The whole time reads the same forwards and backwards.

A painting of a working man with his hands folded at a table by candlelight.

12:2121 books carry this

Heaviest first: ordered by how often the rest of Scripture leans on each verse.

Romans 12:21read in NIV

Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

2 Corinthians 12:21read in NIV

And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.

Luke 12:21read in NIV

So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

Proverbs 12:21read in NIV

No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

1 Samuel 12:21read in NIV

And do not go from the right way turning to those false gods in which there is no profit and no salvation, for they are false.

Matthew 12:21read in NIV

And in his name will the Gentiles put their hope.

Hebrews 12:21read in NIV

And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear.

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Job 12:21read in NIV

He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong;

John 12:21read in NIV

They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.

Exodus 12:21read in NIV

Then Moses sent for the chiefs of Israel, and said to them, See that lambs are marked out for yourselves and your families, and let the Passover lamb be put to death.

Deuteronomy 12:21read in NIV

If the place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name is far away from you, then take from your herds and from your flocks which the Lord has given you, as I have said, and have a meal of it in the towns where you may be living.

1 Corinthians 12:21read in NIV

And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

1 Kings 12:21read in NIV

When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he got together all the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.

Acts 12:21read in NIV

And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.

2 Samuel 12:21read in NIV

Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.

2 Kings 12:21read in NIV

And Jozacar, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer, his servants, came to him and put him to death; and they put him into the earth with his fathers in the town of David; and Amaziah his son became king in his place.

Joshua 12:21read in NIV

The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

1 Chronicles 12:21read in NIV

And they gave David help against the armed bands, for they were all great men of war, and captains in the army.

Ezekiel 12:21read in NIV

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Nehemiah 12:21read in NIV

Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

Mark 12:21read in NIV

And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same:

122:11 book carries this

Heaviest first: ordered by how often the rest of Scripture leans on each verse.

Psalm 122:1read in NIV

I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.

1:221no book carries this

Honestly empty. Chapter 1 has no verse 221. That is not a failure and it is not hidden. An address either exists or it doesn't.

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Is 12:21 in the Bible?

Read as an address it points at chapter 12, verse 21. 22 books carry that address, and the heaviest word at it is Romans 12:21. Every book that carries it is on this page, free, in the Bible in Basic English.

What does seeing 12:21 mean?

We never say. This site doesn't do angel numbers or hidden messages. It shows the address and the verses sitting at it. What it means is between you and God.

Why read 12:21 as chapter and verse?

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