Proverbs 11:31
If the good are repaid here on earth, how much more will the wicked who sin be repaid!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
In Context
30The fruit of the good is a tree of life, and the wise person saves people.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:14I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to me. If he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod like people do, like a parent punishing a child.
1 Kings 13:24But as he went on his way a lion came across him on the road and killed him. His body was left lying in the road, with both the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
Proverbs 26:10Anyone who hires someone stupid or just a passer-by is like an archer wounding people by shooting arrows at random.
Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their sin, says the Lord. I will put an end to the conceit of the arrogant, and I will humiliate tyrants and their pride.
Ezekiel 44:10The Levites who abandoned me when Israel turned from worshiping me and went off to follow their idols will experience the consequences of their sins.
1 Corinthians 11:30That's the reason why many of you are weak and sick, and some even have died.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:31
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. This shows what great blessings good men are, especially those that are eminently wise, to the places where they live, and therefore how much to be valued. 1. The righteous are as trees of life; the fruits of their piety and charity, their instructions, reproofs, examples, and prayers, their interest in heaven, and their influence upon earth, are like the fruits of that tree, precious and useful, contributing to the support and… Read the whole commentary →