Proverbs 11 · Verse 31

Proverbs 11:31

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 other translations

BSBIf the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
WEBBehold, the righteous shall be repaid on the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
ASVBehold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth; How much more the wicked and the sinner!
YLTLo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!
DARBYBehold, the righteous shall be requited on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.
BBEIf the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!
WebsterBehold, the righteous shall be recompensed upon the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

What does Proverbs 11:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 11:24-31

24-31. 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.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth, etc. - The Septuagint, Syrian, and Arabic read this verse as follows: "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" And this St, Peter quotes literatim, 1Pet 4:18 (note), where see the note.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Even the righteous, when they offend on earth, shall meet with sharp corrections; much more will the wicked meet the due reward of their sins. Let us then seek those blessings which our Surety purchased by his sufferings and death; let us seek to copy his example, and to keep his commandments.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 11:31 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֵ֣ןhenthere!H2005
צַ֭דִּיקTza.dika righteous [person]H6662
בָּאָ֣רֶץba.'A.retzon the earthH776
יְשֻׁלָּ֑םye.shu.Lamhe is rewardedH7999
אַ֝֗ף'Afindeed?H637
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
רָשָׁ֥עra.Sha'a wicked [person]H7563
וְחוֹטֵֽא\׃ve.cho.Te'and a sinnerH2398

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 11:31

  • 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? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

  • 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. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

  • Proverbs 13:21

    Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

  • 2 Samuel 12:9-12

    Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

  • 2 Samuel 7:14-15

    I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

  • 1 Kings 13:24

    And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 7:14,15; 12:9-12; 1Ki 13:24; Jer 25:29; 1Co 11:30-32
1Pe 4:17,18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 11:30

    The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

  • Proverbs 11:31

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

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Proverbs 11:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ciertamente el justo será pagado en la tierra: ¡cuánto más el impío y el pecador!
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voici, le juste est rétribué sur la terre, combien plus le méchant et le pécheur!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Siehe, dem Gerechten wird auf Erden vergolten, wieviel mehr dem Gesetzlosen und Sünder!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Si justus in terra recipit, quanto magis impius et peccator!