Proverbs 11:21

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Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will be delivered.

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  • Prov 16:5 : 5 The Lord detests all who are proud in heart; be sure of this, they will not go unpunished.
  • Jer 32:39 : 39 I will give them one heart and one way so that they may always fear Me, for their own good and the good of their children after them.
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.'
  • Ps 112:1-2 : 1 Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD and greatly delights in His commandments. 2 His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.
  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.
  • Ps 37:26 : 26 All day long he is gracious and lends, and his children are a blessing.
  • Isa 27:4 : 4 I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me, I would march against them in battle and completely burn them together.
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:5
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    5The Lord detests all who are proud in heart; be sure of this, they will not go unpunished.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; they will be repaid for their deeds.

  • Prov 13:21
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    21Trouble pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness receives a sure reward.

    19True righteousness leads to life, but whoever chases after evil brings about his own death.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the scepter of the wicked will not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31If the righteous are repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless makes their path straight, but the wicked fall because of their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

  • Ps 26:10
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    10whose hands are full of wicked schemes, and whose right hand is filled with bribes.

  • Job 21:30
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    30That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?

  • 1 Sam 24:13
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    13May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me against you, but my hand will not be against you.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked serve as a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous for the upright.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

  • Ps 1:5
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    5Therefore, the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

  • Job 21:16
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    16But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD supports the righteous.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous brings only good, but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, but it is ruin to evildoers.

    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

  • Prov 12:12
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    12The wicked desire the plunder of evildoers, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16When the wicked increase, transgression abounds, but the righteous will see their downfall.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The wages of the righteous lead to life, but the income of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8The righteous are rescued from trouble, and the wicked take their place.

  • Job 17:9
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    9Yet the righteous hold to their way, and those with clean hands grow stronger.

  • Job 4:8
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    8As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7The wicked are overthrown and no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19Evil people will bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Ps 37:38
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    38But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

  • Prov 12:3
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    3No one can be established by wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • 2 Sam 23:6
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    6But wicked people are like thorns cast aside, for they cannot be gathered with the hand.

  • Isa 14:20
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    20You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land and slain your people. The offspring of evildoers will never be remembered.

  • Job 34:8
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    8He walks in company with evildoers and associates with the wicked.

  • Ps 58:2
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    2Do you rulers truly speak justice? Do you judge people with fairness?

  • Prov 29:27
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    27The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13But it will not go well for the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not fear God.

  • Job 36:17
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    17But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • Job 31:3
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    3Is it not disaster for the wicked and calamity for those who do evil?

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • Prov 29:6
    69%

    6An evil man is ensnared by his transgression, but the righteous rejoice and are glad.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

  • Prov 10:3
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    3The LORD will not let the righteous go hungry, but He thrusts aside the craving of the wicked.