Proverbs 11:31
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Revised Version 1895
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 righteous is a tree of life; and he that is wise winneth souls.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:14I 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.
Proverbs 26:10As an archer that woundeth all, so is he that hireth the fool and he that hireth them that pass by.
Isaiah 13:11And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Ezekiel 44:10But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray from me after their idols; they shall bear their iniquity.
1 Corinthians 11:30For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
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 →