Proverbs 10:29
The way of YHWH [is] strength to the perfect, || And ruin to workers of iniquity.
Literal Standard Version
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] joyful, || And the expectation of the wicked perishes.
30The righteous is not moved for all time, || And the wicked do not inhabit the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For YHWH is knowing the way of the righteous, || And the way of the wicked is lost!
Psalms 37:20But the wicked perish, and the enemies of YHWH, || Have been consumed as the preciousness of lambs, || They have been consumed in smoke.
Psalms 92:7When the wicked flourish as an herb, || And all workers of iniquity blossom—For their being destroyed forever and ever!
Proverbs 21:15To do justice [is] joy to the righteous, || But ruin to workers of iniquity.
Zechariah 10:12And I have made them mighty in YHWH, || And in His Name they walk up and down,” || A declaration of YHWH!
Luke 13:26then you may begin to say, We ate before You, and drank, and You taught in our broad places;
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 →