Proverbs 10:27
The fear of YHWH adds days, || And the years of the wicked are shortened.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
In Context
26As vinegar to the teeth, || And as smoke to the eyes, || So [is] the slothful to those sending him.
28The hope of the righteous [is] joyful, || And the expectation of the wicked perishes.
Cross References
Job 15:32It is not completed in his day, || And his bending branch is not green.
Psalms 21:4He has asked for life from You, || You have given length of days to him, || For all time and forever.
Psalms 55:23And You, O God, bring them down || To a pit of destruction, || Men of blood and deceit do not reach to half their days, || And I trust in You!
Psalms 92:15To declare that YHWH my Rock [is] upright, || And there is no perverseness in Him!
Proverbs 3:16Length of days [is] in her right hand, || In her left [are] wealth and honor.
Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not do much wrong, neither be a fool, why do you die within your time?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:27
The Righteous Exclusively Happy. 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. Observe, 1. Those that are of a slothful disposition, that love their ease and cannot apply their minds to any business, are not fit to be employed, no, not so much as to be sent on an errand, for they will neither deliver a message with any care nor make any haste back. Such therefore are very unmeet to be ministers, Christ's messengers; he will not own the sending forth of sluggards… Read the whole commentary →