Proverbs 11:31

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If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 25:29 : 29 For see, I am starting to send evil on the town which is named by my name, and are you to be without any punishment? You will not be without punishment: for I will send a sword on all people living on the earth, says the Lord of armies.
  • 1 Cor 11:30-32 : 30 For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead. 31 But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us. 32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.
  • 1 Pet 4:17-18 : 17 For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God? 18 And if it is hard for even the good man to get salvation, what chance has the man without religion or the sinner?
  • 2 Sam 7:14-15 : 14 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men; 15 But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.
  • 2 Sam 12:9-9 : 9 Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. 11 The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun. 12 You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.
  • 1 Kgs 13:24 : 24 And he went on his way; but on the road a lion came rushing at him and put him to death; and his dead body was stretched in the road with the ass by its side, and the lion was there by the body.
  • Prov 13:21 : 21 Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    18The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

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

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    21Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

    22The 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.

  • Isa 3:9-11
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    9Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

    10Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

    11Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

  • 30The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

  • Ps 58:10-11
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    10The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

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

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

  • 23The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

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

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

  • 16The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • 16When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

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

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

  • 8What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

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

  • 21Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

  • 18The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • 3Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

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

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

  • 10When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.

  • 16And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

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

  • 6In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

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

  • 14There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

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

  • 8Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the evil-doers.

  • 31Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?

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    5For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

  • 21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • 29The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

  • 11Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

  • 26The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

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

  • 12The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

  • 14From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

  • 4Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

  • 6On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

  • 34By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.

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

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

  • 6Who will give to every man his right reward:

  • 19The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,