Bible Strands
Proverbs 11:31
If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A wisdom teacher addresses listeners in Israel to contrast the consequences of righteous living and wicked rebellion.
The words — צַ֭דִּיק (Tza.dik) identifies a righteous person, and יְשֻׁלָּ֑ם (ye.shu.Lam) means he is rewarded.
The thread — The pattern of escalating judgment runs through Jeremiah 25:29, 1 Peter 4:17, and 1 Corinthians 11:30.
Why it lands — The text states that earthly consequences for the righteous guarantee a far heavier penalty for the ungodly and sinner. It demands the reader acknowledge the certainty of retribution without minimizing the warning.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Cross-references
- 1 Peter 4:17 For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
- Jeremiah 25:29 For 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.’
- 1 Corinthians 11:30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
- 2 Samuel 12:9 Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
- Proverbs 13:21 Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
- 2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- 1 Kings 13:24 As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.