31 If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
Focused Passage
Proverbs 11:31
Integrity, Righteousness, and Community Life Under the LORD's Moral Order
The chapter moves through practical arenas of righteousness: commerce, humility, integrity, death and hope, speech, civic life, guidance, mercy, desire, generosity, household stewardship, and final moral recompense.
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Verse 31
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If הֵ֣ן H2005 Interjection the righteous צַ֭דִּיק H6662 Adjective - masculine singular receive their due יְשֻׁלָּ֑ם H7999 Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular on earth בָּאָ֣רֶץ H776 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular how much more אַ֝֗ף H637 Conjunction . . . כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction the ungodly רָשָׁ֥ע H7563 Adjective - masculine singular and the sinner וְחוֹטֵֽא׃ H2398 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
BSB notes
- LXX If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner? Cited in 1 Peter 4:18