Proverbs 10:29
The strength of the upright is the way of the Lord: and fear to them that work evil.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 joy; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
30The just shall never be moved: but the wicked shall not dwell on the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.
Psalms 37:20because the wicked shall perish. And the enemies of the Lord, presently after they shall be honoured and exalted, shall come to nothing and vanish like smoke.
Psalms 92:7The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand these things.
Proverbs 21:15It is joy to the just to do judgment: and dread to them that work iniquity.
Zechariah 10:12I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they shall walk in his name, saith the Lord.
Luke 13:26Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, 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 →