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Proverbs 11:21

Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

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ASV

Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

KJV

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יָ֣דyadhandH3027 →
לְ֭יָדLe.yodto handH3027 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
יִנָּ֣קֶהyi.Na.kehhe will go unpunishedH5352 →
רָּ֑עRa'an evil [person]H7451 →
וְזֶ֖רַעve.Ze.ra'and [the] offspring ofH2233 →
צַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.Kimrighteous [people]H6662 →
נִמְלָֽט׃nim.Lathe will be deliveredH4422 →

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Psalms 112:1–2Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.Psalms 37:26They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.Proverbs 16:5Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.Genesis 17:7–8I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.Exodus 23:2You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.Isaiah 8:9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!Proverbs 12:7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.Jeremiah 44:15Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,Isaiah 27:4I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.Romans 2:3So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?Job 36:19Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?Hosea 5:5Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.Hosea 2:10And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.Jeremiah 25:29For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’2 Samuel 18:7There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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