OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 11:31

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Behold, the righteous shall be repaid on the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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Verse 31. Receive. Punishment, for almost inevitable faults, or be treated according to his deserts. Septuagint Syr. and Arab. “if the just be hardly saved, where shall the impious and the sinner appear?” 1 Peter 4:18. Calmet.—Afflictions attend the just in this life. Shall the wicked escape? Menochius.

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