Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
In Context
26Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
28The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.
Cross References
Job 15:32It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
Psalms 21:4He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.
Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Psalms 92:15to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”
Proverbs 3:16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before 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 →