Proverbs 11:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.

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  • Jer 25:29 : 29 For, behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be completely unpunished? You shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts.
  • 1 Cor 11:30-32 : 30 For this reason, many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
  • 1 Pet 4:17-18 : 17 For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous are scarcely saved, where will 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 commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 15 But my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
  • 2 Sam 12:9-9 : 9 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. 11 Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For you did 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 on the way, and killed him: and his corpse was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it, the lion also stood by the corpse.
  • Prov 13:21 : 21 Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

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  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

    19As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 13:21-22
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    21Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

    22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the just.

  • Isa 3:9-11
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    9The look on their faces testifies against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

    10Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.

  • Prov 11:30
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    30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

  • Ps 58:10-11
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    10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

    11So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God who judges in the earth.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30The righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16When the wicked multiply, transgression increases; but the righteous shall see their fall.

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

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but transgressors shall be captured by their own evil.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Job 4:8
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    8Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21Though they join hands, the wicked shall not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous shall be delivered.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • Job 31:3
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    3Is not destruction for the wicked, and a strange punishment for the workers of iniquity?

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Isa 5:23
    73%

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

  • Prov 11:10
    73%

    10When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there is celebration.

  • Eccl 3:16
    73%

    16Moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Ps 91:8
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    8Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked.

  • Job 21:31
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    31Who will declare his way to his face? And who will repay him for what he has done?

  • Ps 1:5
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    5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

  • Prov 12:21
    72%

    21No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • Ps 37:29
    72%

    29The righteous shall inherit the land and live in it forever.

  • Ps 97:11
    72%

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

  • Prov 12:26
    72%

    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 28:28
    72%

    28When the wicked rise, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • Prov 12:12
    72%

    12The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

  • Prov 12:14
    72%

    14A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him.

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their due.

  • Ps 11:6
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    6Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of their cup.

  • Prov 14:34
    72%

    34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

  • Prov 12:7
    72%

    7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

  • Ps 107:42
    72%

    42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop its mouth.

  • Rom 2:6
    72%

    6Who will render to each person according to his deeds:

  • Job 22:19
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    19The righteous see it and are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn.