Proverbs 11:31 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 11:31

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

KJV

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ASV

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth; How much more the wicked and the sinner!

WEB

If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

YLT

Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

DBT

Behold, the righteous shall be requited on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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14 verses on the floor

1 Peter 4:18
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
1 Peter 4:17–18
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?
Jeremiah 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 earth, saith the Lord of hosts.
1 Corinthians 11:30–32
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
Luke 23:31
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Behold--Thus calling attention to the illustrations (compare Pr 11:23), the sentiment of which is confirmed even in time, not excluding future rewards and punishments.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Quoted in 1PE 4:18
'If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly appear?'

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