KJV King James Version
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Proverbs 11:31
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
WEB World English Bible
Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!
ASV American Standard Version
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!
Surrounding context — Proverbs 11
28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
30 The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.
31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
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1 Peter 4:17-18For 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?Jeremiah 25:29For, 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 Corinthians 11:30-32For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.2 Samuel 12:9-12Wherefore 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.Proverbs 13:21Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.2 Samuel 7:14-15I 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:1 Kings 13:24And 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.
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