Isaiah 57:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.

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  • 2 Kgs 22:20 : 20 For this cause I will let you go to your fathers and be put in your last resting-place in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will send on this place. So they took this news back to the king.
  • Ps 12:1 : 1 <For the chief music-maker on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David.> Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.
  • Isa 42:25 : 25 For this reason he let loose on him the heat of his wrath, and his strength was like a flame; and it put fire round about him, but he did not see it; he was burned, but did not take it to heart.
  • 2 Chr 34:28 : 28 See, I will let you go to your fathers, and be put in your last resting-place in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will send on this place and on its people. So they took this news back to the king.
  • Isa 47:7 : 7 And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart.
  • Isa 57:11 : 11 And of whom were you in fear, so that you were false, and did not keep me in mind, or give thought to it? Have I not been quiet, keeping myself secret, and so you were not in fear of me?
  • 1 Kgs 14:13 : 13 And all Israel will put his body to rest, weeping over him, because he only of the family of Jeroboam will be put into his resting-place in the earth; for of all the family of Jeroboam, in him only has the Lord, the God of Israel, seen some good.
  • 2 Chr 32:33 : 33 So Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the higher part of the resting-places of the sons of David: and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son became king in his place.

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  • Mic 7:2
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    2 The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.

  • Isa 57:2
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    2 They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.

  • Job 4:7
    75%

    7 Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15 These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him.

  • Ezek 18:24
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    24 But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.

  • Prov 11:4-8
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    4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

    6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

    7 At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

    8 The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Prov 28:28
    72%

    28 When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.

  • Isa 59:15
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    15 Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Job 34:20
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    20 Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

  • Prov 11:19
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    19 So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Job 36:6
    71%

    6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21 Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Ezek 33:13
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    13 When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

  • Ps 12:1
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    1 <For the chief music-maker on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David.> Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.

  • Job 27:19
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    19 He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

  • Ps 37:36-38
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    70%

    36 But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.

    37 Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.

    38 But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

  • Ps 103:16
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    16 The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.

  • Ezek 7:11
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    11 Violent behaviour has been lifted up into a rod of evil; it will not be slow in coming, it will not keep back.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28 In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Job 4:20-21
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    20 Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

    21 If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?

  • Prov 10:2
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    2 Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3 This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.

  • Ps 107:42
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    42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

  • Hab 1:4
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    4 For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Prov 21:7
    69%

    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Jer 16:5
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    5 For this is what the Lord has said: Do not go into the house of sorrow, do not go to make weeping or songs of grief for them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, even mercy and pity.

  • Prov 24:11
    69%

    11 Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

  • Prov 13:22
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    22 The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9 O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

  • Ps 58:11
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    11 So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.