KJV King James Version
Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
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Isaiah 3:10
Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
WEB World English Bible
Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
ASV American Standard Version
Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Say ye to the righteous, that it is good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 3
7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house [is] neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings [are] against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
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.
12 [As for] my people, children [are] their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause [thee] to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
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Psalm 128:1-2A Song of degrees. Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.Hebrews 6:10For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his [days] be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:Galatians 6:7-8Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.Ezekiel 18:9-19Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he [is] just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.Deuteronomy 28:1-14And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:Psalm 18:23-24I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.Malachi 3:18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.Isaiah 26:20-21Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.Zephaniah 2:3Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’S anger.Jeremiah 15:11The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee [well] in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.Romans 2:5-11But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;Ezekiel 9:4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
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