Verse 10

An evil person suffers much pain, but the LORD’s faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:20 : 20 The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.
  • Prov 13:21 : 21 Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
  • Ps 5:12 : 12 Certainly you reward the godly, LORD. Like a shield you protect them in your good favor.
  • Ps 16:4 : 4 their troubles multiply; they desire other gods. I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods, nor will I make vows in the name of their gods.
  • Ps 34:8 : 8 Taste and see that the LORD is good! How blessed is the one who takes shelter in him!
  • Ps 84:12 : 12 O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, how blessed are those who trust in you!
  • Ps 140:11 : 11 A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.
  • Ps 146:5 : 5 How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
  • Ps 147:11 : 11 The LORD takes delight in his faithful followers, and in those who wait for his loyal love.
  • Ps 34:19-21 : 19 The godly face many dangers, but the LORD saves them from each one of them. 20 He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken. 21 Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.
  • Ps 40:4 : 4 How blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD and does not seek help from the proud or from liars!
  • Eccl 8:12 : 12 Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people– for they stand in fear before him.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
  • Isa 12:2-3 : 2 Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the LORD gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.” 3 Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance.
  • Isa 57:21 : 21 There will be no prosperity,” says my God,“for the wicked.”
  • Jer 17:7-8 : 7 My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me. 8 They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.
  • Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness. 9 There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.
  • Ps 2:12 : 12 Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!