31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
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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? …
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.
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. …
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. …
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31)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. Some understand both parts of a recompence in displeasure: The righteous , if they do amiss, shall be punished for their offences in this world; much more sha…
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