Proverbs 11:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 11:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sense would appear to be, “The righteous is requited, i. e., is punished for his lesser sins, or as a discipline; much more the wicked, etc.” Compare 1 Peter 4:18 .
Proverbs 11:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, the righteous shall be (t) recompensed upon the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. (t) Will be punished as he deserves, ( 1 Peter 4:18 ).
Proverbs 11:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27-30 is represented by a further group ( Proverbs 11:2-8 ; Proverbs 11:18-21 , and Prov...
Proverbs 11:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

shall be recompensed in the earth. This was the promise for that Dispensation ( Psalms 37 ), not for this. See 1 Peter 4:18 and App-63. Rightly divide the Dispensations, and all difficulties are...
Proverbs 11:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth, etc. - The Septuagint, Syrian, and Arabic read t...
Proverbs 11:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, &c.— If David, if Job, if the apostles and choicest servants of God, have been tried in this world by affliction, what must await the impious and the sinners? If God does not even pardo...
Proverbs 11:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be commi...
Proverbs 11:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. False weights were exceedingly common ( Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Amos 8:5 ).
Proverbs 11:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Behold the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth. — That is, even he shall be punished for his misdeeds, as were Jacob, Moses, David; how much more shall “the wicked and the sinner.” The LXX....
Proverbs 11:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination...
Proverbs 11:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 11:7 . The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side...
Proverbs 11:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth i...
Proverbs 11:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth ,.... Which Aben Ezra understands of the recompence of their good works. There is a reward for the righteous, and which they have now in keepi...
Proverbs 11:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. Ver. 31. The righteous shall be recompensed, ] i.e., Chastened, afflicted, "judged of the Lord, tha...
Proverbs 11:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed That is, chastised, or punished for his sins; which the next clause shows to be Solomon's meaning here; in the earth Whereby he intimates, that all the...
Proverbs 11:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. This, I think, is the only one of Solomon's proverbs that has that note of attention...
Proverbs 11:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The righteous shall be recompensed, i.e. punished for his sins, as appears from the next clause; the general word being here used of this one particular, by a synecdoche. In the earth ; whereby he...
Proverbs 11:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Righteous Seek What Is Good, Flourish Because They have True Life, Producing Its Fruit, And Will Be Recompensed on Earth. The Unrighteous Search After What Is Bad, Trust in Riches, Are Brought L...
Proverbs 11:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 11:31 . Miller transposes this verse and reads, “Behold the righteous on earth shall be recompensed,” etc. On earth may be placed either with “the righteous,” or with...
Proverbs 11:31 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 11:31 I. God is impartial. He is no respecter of persons, but causing His sun to shine on the evil and the good, and His rain to fall on the just and on the unjust; and so rewarding every...
Proverbs 11:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 11:1 . A false balance is an abomination to the Lord. A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand...
Proverbs 11:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth. Judgment here Two ways of explaining this text. 1. Of the happiness which God has appointed for goodness, it has pleased Him that som...
Proverbs 11:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 11:1 A false balance; literally, balances of deceit ( Proverbs 20:23 ). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13 , Deuteronomy 25:14 and Leviticus...
Proverbs 11:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 31. Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth, that is, if even he will not reach a stage when he will be free from suffering in this world, much more the wicked and the sinner,...
Proverbs 11:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:30-32 ; 1 Kings 13:24 ; 1 Peter 4:17 ; 1 Peter 4:18 ; 2 Samuel 12:9-12 ; 2 Samuel 7:14 ; 2 Samuel 7:15 ; Jeremiah 25:29
Proverbs 11:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Recompensed — Punished for his sins.

Proverbs 11:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 11:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 11:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 11:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 11:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 11:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 11:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 11:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 11:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 11:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 11:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 11:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 11:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 11:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 11:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 11:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 11:31 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 11:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 11:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 11:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 11:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 11:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 11:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes