Proverbs 10:29
The fear of the Lord is a strong hold of the saints: but ruin comes to them that work wickedness.
Brenton Septuagint
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
28Joy rests long with the righteous: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
30The righteous shall never fail: but the ungodly shall not dwell in the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Psalms 37:20But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I: and they that hate me unjustly are multiplied.
Proverbs 21:15It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy man is abominable with evil-doers.
Zechariah 10:12And I will strengthen them in the Lord their God; and they shall boast in his name, saith the Lord.
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 →