福ふく善ぜん禍か淫いん

expression

fortune follows the virtuous, calamity befalls the wicked

A yojijukugo expressing the idea that heaven rewards good deeds and punishes evil. Used in moral or literary contexts.

• 福ふく善ぜん禍か淫いんは古ふるくから伝つたわる教おしえだ。

  The idea that fortune follows the virtuous and calamity befalls the wicked is a teaching passed down from ancient times.