Proverbs 11:31

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 25:29 : 29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • 1 Cor 11:30-32 : 30 For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
  • 1 Pet 4:17-18 : 17 For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
  • 2 Sam 7:14-15 : 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took [it] from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
  • 2 Sam 12:9-9 : 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give [them] unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst [it] secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
  • 1 Kgs 13:24 : 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
  • Prov 13:21 : 21 ¶ Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

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  • 80%

    18 ¶ The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.

    19 ¶ As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.

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    21 ¶ Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

    22 ¶ A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.

  • Isa 3:9-11
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    9 ¶ The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide [it] not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

    10 Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

    11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • 30 ¶ The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.

  • Ps 58:10-11
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    77%

    10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

    11 So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

  • 21 ¶ The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

  • 23 ¶ The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

  • 6 ¶ Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • 30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

  • 16 ¶ The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • 16 ¶ When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5 ¶ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.

  • 12 ¶ The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

  • 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

  • 8 ¶ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

  • 21 ¶ [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

  • 18 ¶ The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • 3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?

  • 7 ¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • 23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • 10 ¶ When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.

  • 16 ¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.

  • 16 A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.

  • 6 ¶ In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • 32 ¶ The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • 14 ¶ There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

  • 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

  • 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done?

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    5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

  • 21 ¶ There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

  • 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

  • 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

  • 26 ¶ The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

  • 28 ¶ When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • 12 ¶ The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].

  • 14 ¶ A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

  • 4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

  • 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.

  • 34 ¶ Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin [is] a reproach to any people.

  • 7 ¶ The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • 42 The righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

  • 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

  • 19 The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.