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Proverbs 11:31 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 11 · verse 31
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.Proverbs 11:31 · King James Version
Proverbs 11:31 in context
29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
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Key words (Strong's)
- recompensedshâlamto be safeH7999 →
- righteoustsaddîyqjustH6662 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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This, I think, is the only one of Solomon's proverbs that has that note of attention prefixed to it, Behold! which intimates that it contains not only an evident truth, which may be beheld, but an eminent truth, which must be considered. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary