Proverbs 11:31
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
KJV
Si justus in terra recipit, quanto magis impius et peccator !
Vulgate
εἰ ὁ μὲν δίκαιος μόλις σώζεται, ὁ ἀσεβὴς καὶ ἁμαρτωλὸς ποῦ φανεῖται;
LXX
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth; How much more the wicked and the sinner!
ASV
הֵ֣ן צַ֭דִּיק בָּ/אָ֣רֶץ יְשֻׁלָּ֑ם אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי רָשָׁ֥ע וְ/חוֹטֵֽא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אַף
'p
adverb · 133×
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hchty'
verb · 237×
יְשַׁלֶּם
yshlm
verb · 111×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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1Pet 4:18 · paraphrase"And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"Proverbs: if the righteous is scarcely saved — Peter on judgment
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 11:30 — For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
- 1Pet 4:17 — For 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?
- 1Pet 4:18 — And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
- 2Sam 7:14 — I 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:
- 2Sam 12:9 — Wherefore 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 th
- Deut 7:10 — And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
- Gen 29:25 — And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
- Jer 25:29 — For, 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 eart
- Jer 25:29 — For, 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 eart
- Job 34:33 — Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
- Luke 23:31 — For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
- Prov 13:21 — Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
- Prov 26:10 — The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.