Proverbs 11:31

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If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 25:29 : 29 For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. So how can you possibly avoid being punished? You will not go unpunished! For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, affirm it!’
  • 1 Cor 11:30-32 : 30 That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead. 31 But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.
  • 1 Pet 4:17-18 : 17 For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and sinners?
  • 2 Sam 7:14-15 : 14 I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings. 15 But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
  • 2 Sam 12:9-9 : 9 Why have you shown contempt for the LORD’s decrees by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife to be your own wife! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10 So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’ 11 This is what the LORD has said:‘I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will go to bed with your wives in broad daylight! 12 Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.’”
  • 1 Kgs 13:24 : 24 So the prophet from Judah travelled on. Then a lion attacked him on the road and killed him.There was his body lying on the road, with the donkey standing next to it, and the lion just standing there by the body.
  • Prov 13:21 : 21 Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

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  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 13:21-22
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    21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

    22A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

  • Isa 3:9-11
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    9The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.

    10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

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  • Prov 11:30
    77%

    30The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.

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    10The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

    11Then observers will say,“Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!”

  • Ps 37:21
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    21Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

  • 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 the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

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

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    74%

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Prov 21:12
    74%

    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

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

  • Prov 11:8
    74%

    8A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21Be assured that the evil person will not be unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous have escaped harm.

  • Prov 21:18
    73%

    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

  • Job 31:3
    73%

    3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

  • Prov 11:10
    73%

    10When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy.

  • Eccl 3:16
    73%

    16The Problem of Injustice and Oppression I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    73%

    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Ps 91:8
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    8Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes– you will see the wicked paid back.

  • Job 21:31
    72%

    31No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done.

  • Ps 1:5
    72%

    5For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.

  • Prov 12:21
    72%

    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

  • Ps 37:29
    72%

    29The godly will possess the land and will dwell in it permanently.

  • Ps 97:11
    72%

    11The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

  • Prov 12:26
    72%

    26The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 28:28
    72%

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

  • Prov 12:12
    72%

    12The wicked person has desired the stronghold of the wicked, but the root of the righteous will yield fruit.

  • Prov 12:14
    72%

    14A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

  • Ps 28:4
    72%

    4Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!

  • Ps 11:6
    72%

    6May he rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

  • Prov 14:34
    72%

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

  • Prov 12:7
    72%

    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

  • Ps 107:42
    72%

    42When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

  • Rom 2:6
    72%

    6He will reward each one according to his works:

  • Job 22:19
    71%

    19The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,