Proverbs 13:21
Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
BSB
ASV
Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.
KJV
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
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Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
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Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to…
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he…
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Proverbs 13:13He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
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He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
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Psalms 32:10Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
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Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.