Proverbs 10:27
The fear of LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
In Context
26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
28The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Cross References
Job 15:32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
Psalms 21:4He asked life from thee. Thou gave it him, even length of days forever and ever.
Psalms 55:23But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.
Psalms 92:15to show that LORD is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Proverbs 3:16Length of days is in her right hand, in her left hand are riches and honor.
Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not much wrong, nor be thou a fool. Why should thou die before thy time?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:27
The Righteous Exclusively Happy. 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. Observe, 1. Those that are of a slothful disposition, that love their ease and cannot apply their minds to any business, are not fit to be employed, no, not so much as to be sent on an errand, for they will neither deliver a message with any care nor make any haste back. Such therefore are very unmeet to be ministers, Christ's messengers; he will not own the sending forth of sluggards… Read the whole commentary →