Proverbs 10:26
As a sour grape is hurtful to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so iniquity hurts those that practise it.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
In Context
27The fear of the Lord adds length of days: but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.
Proverbs 25:20As vinegar is bad for a sore, so trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the grief of a man hurts the heart.
Isaiah 65:5who say, Depart from me, draw not near to me, for I am pure. This is the smoke of my wrath, a fire burns with it continually.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:25-26
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. It is here said, and said again, to the righteous, that it shall be well with them, and to the wicked, Woe to them; and these are set the one over against the other, for their mutual illustration. I. It shall be as ill with the wicked as they can fear, and as well with the righteous as they can desire. 1. The… Read the whole commentary →