Proverbs 10:27
The fear of Yahweh prolongs life, 1 but the years of the wicked will be short. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 on the teeth and smoke in the eyes, 1 so is the sluggard to those who send him. 1
28The hope of righteous people is their joy, 1 but the years of wicked people will be short. 1
Cross References
Job 15:32It will happen before his time should come to die; 1 his branch will not be green. 1
Psalms 21:4He asked you for life; you gave it to him; 1 you gave him long days forever and ever. 1
Psalms 55:23But you, God, will bring the wicked down into the pit of destruction; 1 bloodthirsty and deceitful men will not live even half as long as others, 1 but I will trust in you.
Psalms 92:15to proclaim that Yahweh is just. 1 He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Proverbs 3:16She has length of days in her right hand; 1 in her left hand are riches and honor. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not be too wicked or foolish. 2 Why should you die before your time? 1
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 →