Isaiah 3:11

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“Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.”

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BSBPD

“Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Woe to the wicked--evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 3:11 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 32:23But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
  2. Deuteronomy 28:15If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
  3. Judges 9:57And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
  4. 2 Samuel 3:39And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
  5. 1 Kings 21:21This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
  6. Job 10:15If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
  7. Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
  8. Psalms 11:5The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
  9. Psalms 28:4Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.
  10. Psalms 62:12and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
  11. Psalms 120:3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
  12. Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
  13. Proverbs 11:31If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
  14. Proverbs 26:27He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
  15. Ecclesiastes 8:13Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
  16. Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
  17. Isaiah 48:22“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
  18. Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
  19. Isaiah 65:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
  20. Isaiah 65:20No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
  21. Ezekiel 16:59For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
  22. 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
  23. James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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