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Proverbs 11:31
31If the righteous is rewarded on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Proverbs 11:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
- New International Version (NIV)If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
- English Standard Version (ESV)If the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
- New King James Version (NKJV)If the righteous will be recompensed on the earth, How much more the ungodly and the sinner.
Context of Proverbs 11:31
29Whoever troubles his own household will inherit wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise-hearted. 30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever wins souls is wise. If the righteous is rewarded on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:31 word by word
הֵ֣ן צַ֭דִּיק בָּאָ֣רֶץ יְשֻׁלָּ֑ם אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־רָשָׁ֥ע וְחוֹטֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 11:31
- 2 Samuel 7:14I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. If he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and with the strokes from sons of men.
- 2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the word of Adonai by doing such evil in My eyes? Uriah the Hittite you have struck down with the sword, and his wife you have taken to be your wife, and him you have slain with the sword of the children of Ammon
- 1 Kings 13:24But when he was gone, a lion met him along the way and killed him. So his carcass was thrown on the road with both the donkey and the lion standing beside the carcass.
- Jeremiah 25:29See, I am beginning to bring evil on the city where My name is called, and should you go completely unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth.” It is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot.
- 1 Corinthians 11:30For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and quite a few have died.
- 1 Peter 4:17For the time has come for judgment to begin with the house of God. If judgment begins with us first, what will be the end for those who disobey the Good News of God?
Commentaries on Proverbs 11:31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth, etc. - The Septuagint, Syrian, and Arabic read this verse as follows: "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" And this St, Peter quotes literatim, 1 Peter 4:18; (note), where see the note.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31The sense would appear to be, “The righteous is requited, i. e., is punished for his lesser sins, or as a discipline; much more the wicked, etc.” Compare 1 Peter 4:18.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31Verse 31 Even the righteous, when they offend on earth, shall meet with sharp corrections; much more will the wicked meet the due reward of their sins. Let us then seek those blessings which our Surety purchased by his sufferings and death; let us seek to copy his example, and to keep his commandments.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31The suggested answer is that evil people will face punishment on earth.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-3124-31. The scope of the whole is a comment on Pr 11:23. Thus liberality, by God's blessing, secures increase, while penuriousness, instead of expected gain, procures poverty.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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