Proverbs 10:27
If you revere Yahweh, you will live for a long time; but wicked people die before they become old.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
In Context
Cross References
Job 15:32Before they are old, they will wither; they will be like [MET] branches that wither and never become green again.
Psalms 21:4I/He asked you to enable me/him to live for a long time, and that is what you gave me/him, a very long [HYP] life.
Psalms 55:23God, you will cause murderers [MTY] and liars to die before they have lived half as long as they expect to live; but as for me, I will trust in you.
Psalms 92:15That shows that Yahweh is just; he is like a huge rock under which I am safe/protected, and he never does anything that is wicked/wrong.
Proverbs 3:16On the one hand, wisdom [PRS] enables you to live a long life, and on the other hand, wisdom enables you to become rich and to be honored.
Ecclesiastes 7:17If you do what is evil or do what is foolish, you might die while you are still young.
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 →