Proverbs 10:30
The righteous shall never be removed; but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
In Context
31The mouth of the just uttereth wisdom; but the tongue of perverseness shall be cut out.
Cross References
Psalms 15:5That putteth not out his money for interest, and taketh no bribe against the innocent. He that doth these things shall not be moved to eternity.
Psalms 37:9For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait upon the Lord, these—shall truly inherit the land.
Psalms 37:28For the Lord loveth justice, and never forsaketh his pious servants: they are for ever preserved; but the seed of the wicked will be cut off.
Psalms 112:6Surely unto eternity shall he not be moved: in everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be held.
Proverbs 2:21For the upright will dwell on the earth, and the perfect will be left remaining on it.
Proverbs 10:25As the whirlwind passeth by, the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:30-31
29 The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. These two verses are to the same purport with those next before, intimating the happiness of the godly and the misery of the wicked; it is necessary that this be inculcated upon us, so loth are we to believe and consider it. 1. Strength and stability are entailed upon integrity: The way of the Lord (the providence of God, the… Read the whole commentary →