Proverbs 10:29
Yahweh protects [MET] those who live righteously, but he destroys those who do what is evil.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Psalms 1:6because he guides and protects righteous people, but the path that the wicked walk on leads them to where they will be destroyed/punished by God forever.
Psalms 37:20But wicked people will die; just like the beautiful wild flowers in the fields die under the hot sun and disappear like smoke [MET], Yahweh will cause his enemies to suddenly disappear.
Psalms 92:7They do not understand that although the number of wicked people increases like blades of grass do [SIM], and they prosper, they will be completely destroyed.
Proverbs 21:15Good/Righteous people are happy when they see others do what is just/fair, but those who do what is evil are terrified when they think about what may happen to them.
Zechariah 10:12I will enable my people to be strong, and they will honor me and obey [IDM] me. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.”
Luke 13:26Then you will say, ‘◄ You must have forgotten!/Surely you know us, because► [RHQ] we (exc) ate meals with you (sg), and you taught people in the streets of our towns’!
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 →