Isaiah 3:10 “Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the…”

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

World English Bible

Tell the righteous that it will be well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds.

American Standard Version

Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Geneva Bible 1599

Say ye, Surely it shalbe well with the iust: for they shall eate the fruite of their workes.

Darby Translation

Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well [with him], for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Young's Literal Translation

Say ye to the righteous, that [it is] good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.

Bible in Basic English

Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

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Cross references

“Say ye”

Ecclesiastes 8:12 Ezekiel 18:9–19 Malachi 3:18 Jeremiah 15:11 Zephaniah 2:3 Romans 2:5–11

Ecclesiastes 8:12 · BSB

Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.

Ezekiel 18:9–19 · BSB

He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

Malachi 3:18 · BSB

So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

Jeremiah 15:11 · BSB

The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.

Zephaniah 2:3 · BSB

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

Romans 2:5–11 · BSB

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

“they shall eat”

Hebrews 6:10 Psalm 18:23 Psalm 18:24 Psalm 128:1 Psalm 128:2 Galatians 6:7

Hebrews 6:10 · BSB

For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

Psalm 18:23 · BSB

And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.

Psalm 18:24 · BSB

So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

Psalm 128:1 · BSB

Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!

Psalm 128:2 · BSB

For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

Galatians 6:7 · BSB

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

Also

Deuteronomy 28:1–14

Deuteronomy 28:1–14 · BSB

“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.

11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

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