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Wherever there is deceit in the world, wherever injury, wherever oppression, there is God's anger and loathing accompanying it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>I. The false balance, which is an abomination to the Lord, where do we not see it around us? Of every rank and class some, and far too many, are, and are allowed to be, and are tolerated as, men of fraud, men of mere shine—workers and upholders of deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>II. It is obvious that we must not begin with mere practical details, if we would be right in this matter. The secret of all wrong is the false balance within the heart; the real cheating begins there. An unfair dealer has defrauded himself, before ever he defrauded another. And this is a most important consideration for all of us. Have we the balance right within? In other words, is our estimate of men and things, which guides our actions, the real and true one; or some artificial one altogether wrong, and leading us altogether wrong?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>III. Were buyers honest sellers would by compulsion be honest too. If the Saviour whom we preach were really believed in by you, as having bought each of you with His own precious blood, you would be to the full as careful in this matter as any of Christ's ministers could wish you to be. The old want is still the pressing one; the old cry still the necessary one for this generation to raise in the ear of heaven, "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span> H. Alford, <span class="ital">Quebec Chapel Sermons,</span> vol. vii., p. 34. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span>References: <a href="/proverbs/11-1.htm" title="A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.">Proverbs 11:1</a>.— W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven, </span>1st series, p. 279. <a href="/context/proverbs/11-1.htm" title="A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight....">Proverbs 11:1-9</a>.— R. Wardlaw, <span class="ital">Lectures on Proverbs, </span>vol. i., p. 268. <a href="/proverbs/11-2.htm" title="When pride comes, then comes shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.">Proverbs 11:2</a>.— W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven, </span>1st series, p. 285. <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm" title="The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.">Proverbs 11:3</a>.— <span class="ital">Ibid., </span>p. 288. <a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm" title="Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.">Proverbs 11:4</a>.— <span class="ital">Homiletic Quarterly, </span>vol. ii., p. 93. <a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm" title="Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.">Proverbs 11:4</a>, <a href="/context/proverbs/11-24.htm" title="There is that scatters, and yet increases; and there is that withholds more than is meet, but it tends to poverty....">Proverbs 11:24-28</a>.— <span class="ital">Sermons for Sundays, Festivals, and Fasts, </span>2nd series, vol. iii., p. 345. <a href="/proverbs/11-5.htm" title="The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.">Proverbs 11:5</a>.— <span class="ital">Clergyman's Magazine, </span>vol. ix., p. 157. <a href="/proverbs/11-9.htm" title="An hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.">Proverbs 11:9</a>.— W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven, </span>p. 290. <a href="/context/proverbs/11-10.htm" title="When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting....">Proverbs 11:10-17</a>.— R. Wardlaw, <span class="ital">Lectures on Proverbs, </span>vol. i., p. 277.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld"><a href="/proverbs/11-13.htm" title="A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.">Proverbs 11:13</a></span>I. A talebearer. One celebrated nation of antiquity used to express this man's character by a very significant figure. They called a talebearer a "seedpicker." There are men in the world who live by their seed-collecting: by going about here and there, from house to house, from street to street, through a town large or small, and gathering together all the little stories which can be told or made about the neighbours who are dwelling securely by them, and ignorant of the calumnies by which they are assailed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>II. A talebearer revealeth secrets. Many motives go to make up a talebearer. (1) Perhaps he is a witty man. He can intimate, rather than express, a scandal. His representations of character are pungent. His imitations, his caricatures of manner and of speech, are irresistibly comic. In society he is the life of his company. It is not till he is silent and departed—perhaps not even then—that you begin to feel that there has been virtually a talebearer among you, and that he has been revealing unkind secrets. (2) Or he may be a man in whose own conscience there is a sore place. He knows something against himself. He is conscious of some lurking, some secret, some bosom sin. And it is a relief to him to hope that others are not so much better than himself. He finds a solace in his wretchedness in making company for his sin. (3) There are others who cannot bear superiors. They do not like superiors in station, but superiors in character they cannot brook. Their only comfort is in a general disbelief of virtue. A ridiculous story to tell of the eminently good is to them as a draught of water to the thirsty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>III. "He that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter." He does not say what matter. But we may understand it to include two things: that which has been entrusted to him in the secrecy of confidence, and that which has become known to him to another's disparagement.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>If we could part for ever with the disposition of the talebearer, we should have parted with that which, more than anything else, confuses and perplexes and embitters human life. It is the want of self-knowledge which makes us so keen-sighted. It is the want of acquaintance with Christ, as our Propitiation first, and then as our Example, which makes it possible for us to sit in the tribunal of judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span> C. J. Vaughan, <span class="ital">Lessons of Life and Godliness,</span> p. 1.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>References: <a href="/proverbs/11-13.htm" title="A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.">Proverbs 11:13</a>.—W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven,</span> 1st series, p. 292. <a href="/proverbs/11-15.htm" title="He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hates indebtedness is sure.">Proverbs 11:15</a>.—<span class="ital">Ibid.,</span> p. 294. <a href="/proverbs/11-16.htm" title="A gracious woman retains honor: and strong men retain riches.">Proverbs 11:16</a>.—<span class="ital">Preacher's Monthly,</span> vol. vi., p. 128. <a href="/proverbs/11-17.htm" title="The merciful man does good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh.">Proverbs 11:17</a>.—W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven,</span> 1st series, p. 303. <a href="/proverbs/11-18.htm" title="The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward.">Proverbs 11:18</a>.—<span class="ital">Ibid.,</span> p. 305. <a href="/context/proverbs/11-18.htm" title="The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward....">Proverbs 11:18-23</a>.—R. Wardlaw, <span class="ital">Lectures on Proverbs,</span> vol. i., p. 287. <a href="/proverbs/11-19.htm" title="As righteousness tends to life: so he that pursues evil pursues it to his own death.">Proverbs 11:19</a>, <a href="/proverbs/11-21.htm" title="Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.">Proverbs 11:21</a>.—H. Armstrong Hall, <span class="ital">Clergyman's Magazine,</span> vol. xiii., p. 271. <a href="/proverbs/11-20.htm" title="They that are of a fraudulent heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.">Proverbs 11:20</a>.—W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven,</span> 1st series, p. 307; J. H. Evans, <span class="ital">Thursday Penny Pulpit,</span> vol. xi., p. 281.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld"><a href="/proverbs/11-21.htm" title="Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.">Proverbs 11:21</a></span>The one peculiar and characteristic sin of the world is this, that whereas God would have us live for the life to come, the world would make us live for this life. It takes, as the main scope of human exertion, an end which God forbids, and consequently all that it does becomes evil, because directed to a wrong end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Men seem made for this world; this is what prevails on them to neglect the next world; they think they have reason for concluding that this world is the world for which they are to labour, and to which they are to devote their faculties.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>I. There are a number of faculties and talents which seem only to exist in this world, and to be impossible in another. Our aim, men say, must be an aim of this life, our end of action must be in this world, because our talents point that way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>II. Another consideration of the same kind is the existence of national character. This seems to them to be a providential mark of what the world is intended to be. One nation is manly, and another is brave but cruel, and a third is sagacious, and a fourth is energetic and busy. These, then, it is argued, are the qualities of mind for which this life is intended. Religion is for the next world, not for this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>III. Men generally apply this argument to the case of individuals. They go into the world, and they find individuals of this or that character, and not religious; and hence they argue that religion is but a theory, because it is not on the face of society.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>IV. Another consideration which the world urges in its warfare against religion is that religion is unnatural. It is objected that religion does not bring the elementary and existing nature of man to its highest perfection, but thwarts and impairs it, and provides for a second and new nature.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>V. The strongest argument which the world uses in its favour is the actual success of its experiment in cultivating the natural faculties of body and mind: for success seems a fresh mark of God's will, over and above the tendencies of nature. Men may or may not have the fear of God before their eyes, yet they seem to go on equally well either way. Let anyone betake himself to the world, and go through but one day in it, and he will understand what this argument is which the very face of society presents, namely, that religion is not needed for the world, and therefore is of no great importance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Let us leave the world, manifold and various as it is; let us leave it to follow its own devices, and let us turn to the living and true God, who has revealed Himself to us in Jesus Christ. So that when the end comes, and the multitudes who have joined hands in evil are punished, we may be of those who, in the words of the text, are "delivered."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span> J. H. Newman, <span class="ital">Sermons on Subjects of the Day,</span> p. 78.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>References: <a href="/proverbs/11-21.htm" title="Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.">Proverbs 11:21</a>.—E. White, <span class="ital">Christian World Pulpit,</span> vol. xxvi., p. 11. <a href="/proverbs/11-22.htm" title="As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.">Proverbs 11:22</a>.—W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven,</span> 1st series, p. 308. <a href="/proverbs/11-23.htm" title="The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.">Proverbs 11:23</a>.—<span class="ital">Ibid.,</span> p. 312. <a href="/proverbs/11-24.htm" title="There is that scatters, and yet increases; and there is that withholds more than is meet, but it tends to poverty.">Proverbs 11:24</a>.—Parker, <span class="ital">City Temple, vol.</span> i., p. 37; W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven,</span> 1st series, p. 315; <span class="ital">Clergyman's Magazine,</span> vol. iii., p. 161. <a href="/context/proverbs/11-24.htm" title="There is that scatters, and yet increases; and there is that withholds more than is meet, but it tends to poverty....">Proverbs 11:24-31</a>.—R. Wardlaw, <span class="ital">Lectures on Proverbs,</span> vol. i., p. 295.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld"><a href="/proverbs/11-25.htm" title="The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that waters shall be watered also himself.">Proverbs 11:25</a></span>I. The theory can be submitted to a practical test.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>II. All true getting is based upon true giving.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>III. Self-care is self-defeat. We must work for others if we would be truly blessed ourselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span> Parker, <span class="ital">City Temple,</span> vol. i., p. 61.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>References: <a href="/proverbs/11-25.htm" title="The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that waters shall be watered also himself.">Proverbs 11:25</a>.—Spurgeon, <span class="ital">Sermons,</span> vol. xi., No. 626, and <span class="ital">Morning by Morning,</span> p. 234; W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven,</span> 1st series, p. 319; Bishop Thorold, <span class="ital">Clergyman's Magazine,</span> vol. xxi., p. 20; <span class="ital">Ibid.,</span> vol. i., p. 94. <a href="/proverbs/11-26.htm" title="He that withholds corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be on the head of him that sells it.">Proverbs 11:26</a>.—W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven,</span> 1st series, p. 323; Spurgeon, <span class="ital">Sermons,</span> vol. xi., No. 642. <a href="/proverbs/11-28.htm" title="He that trusts in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.">Proverbs 11:28</a>.—W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven,</span> 1st series, p. 327.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld"><a href="/proverbs/11-30.htm" title="The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.">Proverbs 11:30</a></span>I. The true Christian is not satisfied to watch and work for his own salvation, but he remembers the souls of others also. Every soul won for Christ is a token of His favour. The success of our efforts proves that we have used the right means in the right way, so that the planting and the watering of the human agency has been crowned by the Divine Spirit with an abundant increase.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>II. The text contains a significant hint as to the mode of carrying on this blessed work. "He that <span class="ital">winneth</span> souls is wise." The Christian is to do good, not by force or harshness, but by gentle persuasion and persevering kindness. To win, as in a game, implies skill in adapting the means to the end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>III. He who would be successful in winning souls to Christ must be (1) considerate and thoughtful; (2) he must have courage; (3) tender, unaffected sympathy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span> J. N. Norton, <span class="ital">Every Sunday,</span> p. 418.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>References: <a href="/proverbs/11-30.htm" title="The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.">Proverbs 11:30</a>.—J. Sherman, <span class="ital">Thursday Penny Pulpit,</span> vol. xiii., p. 373; <span class="ital">New Manual of Sunday School Addresses,</span> pp. 148, 151, 154, 158; Spurgeon, <span class="ital">Sermons,</span> vol. xv., No. 850, and vol. xxii., No. 1292; W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven,</span> 1st series, p. 333; <span class="ital">Preacher's Monthly,</span> vol. vi., p. 346; E. Medley, <span class="ital">Christian World Pulpit,</span> vol. ii., p. 289; J. Morgan, <span class="ital">Ibid.,</span> vol. xv., p. 334.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld"><a href="/proverbs/11-31.htm" title="Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.">Proverbs 11:31</a></span>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 man according to his work, paying him for all work done, of whatever kind it may be. Some work for this world, which we do see, and God gives them what they earn in this life; some work for the world above, which we cannot see, and God gives them what they earn in this life for ever and ever likewise. If a man wishes for treasure on earth he can have it if he will, and enjoy it as long as it lasts. If a man wishes for treasure in heaven he can have it too, and enjoy it as long as it lasts. God deals fairly with both, and pays both what they have earned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>II. Those who long for sanctification and desire to be holy, even as their Father in heaven is perfect, are they that have treasure in heaven. But how are such souls recompensed in the earth? Is not a man recompensed in the earth whenever he can lift up his heart unto the Lord, and behold His glory above all the earth? The world of man looks brighter to him then, in spite of all his sins and sorrows; for he sees the Lord ruling it, the Lord forgiving it, the Lord saving it. He takes heart and hope for the poor earth and says, "The earth is not deserted; mankind is not without a Father, a Saviour, a Teacher, a King." Just in proportion as a man walks with God, just in proportion as the eyes of his soul are opened by the Spirit of God, he recovers the privilege which Adam lost when he fell. He hears the Word of the Lord walking among the trees of the garden in the cool of the day, and instead of trying, like guilty Adam, to hide himself from his Maker, answers with reverence and yet with joy: "Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span> C. Kingsley, <span class="ital">All Saints' Day and Other Sermons,</span> p. 265.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>References: <a href="/proverbs/12-1.htm" title="Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is brutish.">Proverbs 12:1</a>.—W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven,</span> 1st series, p. 336. <a href="/proverbs/12-4.htm" title="A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.">Proverbs 12:4</a>.—<span class="ital">Ibid.,</span> p. 340; <span class="ital">Preacher's Monthly,</span> vol. vi., p. 128. <a href="/proverbs/12-10.htm" title="A righteous man regards the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.">Proverbs 12:10</a>.—W. Arnot, <span class="ital">Laws from Heaven,</span> 1st series, p. 343. <a href="/proverbs/12-13.htm" title="The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.">Proverbs 12:13</a>.—<span class="ital">Ibid.,</span> p. 345. <a href="/context/proverbs/12-20.htm" title="Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy....">Proverbs 12:20-28</a>.—R. Wardlaw, <span class="ital">Lectures on Proverbs,</span> vol. i., p. 324.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-2.htm">Proverbs 11:2</a></div><div class="verse"><i>When</i> pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly <i>is</i> wisdom.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Proverbs 11:3</a></div><div class="verse">The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a></div><div class="verse">Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-5.htm">Proverbs 11:5</a></div><div class="verse">The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-6.htm">Proverbs 11:6</a></div><div class="verse">The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in <i>their own</i> naughtiness.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-7.htm">Proverbs 11:7</a></div><div class="verse">When a wicked man dieth, <i>his</i> expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust <i>men</i> perisheth.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-8.htm">Proverbs 11:8</a></div><div class="verse">The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-9.htm">Proverbs 11:9</a></div><div class="verse">An hypocrite with <i>his</i> mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-10.htm">Proverbs 11:10</a></div><div class="verse">When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, <i>there is</i> shouting.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-11.htm">Proverbs 11:11</a></div><div class="verse">By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-12.htm">Proverbs 11:12</a></div><div class="verse">He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-13.htm">Proverbs 11:13</a></div><div class="verse">A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-14.htm">Proverbs 11:14</a></div><div class="verse">Where no counsel <i>is</i>, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers <i>there is</i> safety.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-15.htm">Proverbs 11:15</a></div><div class="verse">He that is surety for a stranger shall smart <i>for it</i>: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-16.htm">Proverbs 11:16</a></div><div class="verse">A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong <i>men</i> retain riches.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-17.htm">Proverbs 11:17</a></div><div class="verse">The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but <i>he that is</i> cruel troubleth his own flesh.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-18.htm">Proverbs 11:18</a></div><div class="verse">The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness <i>shall be</i> a sure reward.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-19.htm">Proverbs 11:19</a></div><div class="verse">As righteousness <i>tendeth</i> to life: so he that pursueth evil <i>pursueth it</i> to his own death.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-20.htm">Proverbs 11:20</a></div><div class="verse">They that are of a froward heart <i>are</i> abomination to the LORD: but <i>such as are</i> upright in <i>their</i> way <i>are</i> his delight.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-21.htm">Proverbs 11:21</a></div><div class="verse"><i>Though</i> hand <i>join</i> in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-22.htm">Proverbs 11:22</a></div><div class="verse"><i>As</i> a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, <i>so is</i> a fair woman which is without discretion.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-23.htm">Proverbs 11:23</a></div><div class="verse">The desire of the righteous <i>is</i> only good: <i>but</i> the expectation of the wicked <i>is</i> wrath.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-24.htm">Proverbs 11:24</a></div><div class="verse">There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and <i>there is</i> that withholdeth more than is meet, but <i>it tendeth</i> to poverty.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-25.htm">Proverbs 11:25</a></div><div class="verse">The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-26.htm">Proverbs 11:26</a></div><div class="verse">He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing <i>shall be</i> upon the head of him that selleth <i>it</i>.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-27.htm">Proverbs 11:27</a></div><div class="verse">He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-28.htm">Proverbs 11:28</a></div><div class="verse">He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-29.htm">Proverbs 11:29</a></div><div class="verse">He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool <i>shall be</i> servant to the wise of heart.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-30.htm">Proverbs 11:30</a></div><div class="verse">The fruit of the righteous <i>is</i> a tree of life; and he that winneth souls <i>is</i> wise.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/11-31.htm">Proverbs 11:31</a></div><div class="verse">Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.</div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">William Robertson Nicoll's Sermon Bible<br /><br />Text Courtesy of <a href="//biblesupport.com" target="_top">BibleSupport.com</a>. 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