Proverbs 10:29
The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect [man], but destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Darby Translation
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 hope of the righteous is joy; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
30The righteous [man] shall never be moved; but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Psalms 37:20For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume, like smoke shall they consume away.
Psalms 92:7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Proverbs 21:15It is joy to a righteous [man] to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.
Zechariah 10:12And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk in his name, saith Jehovah.
Luke 13:26then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence and drunk, and thou hast 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 →