Proverbs 10:29
The strength of the simple is the way of the Lord, and it is fear to those who work evil.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
In Context
28The expectation of the just is rejoicing. But the hope of the impious will perish.
30The just in eternity shall not be moved. But the impious will not live upon the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.
Psalms 37:20But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied.
Proverbs 21:15It is gladness for the just to do judgment; and it is dread for those who work iniquity.
Zechariah 10:12I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they will walk in his name, says the Lord.
Luke 13:26Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:28-29
27 The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. Observe, 1. Religion lengthens men's lives and crowns their hopes. What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure him from many things that would prejudice his life, and secure to him life enough in this world and eternal life in the other; the fear of the Lord will add days more than was expected, will add… Read the whole commentary →