Proverbs 10:30
The righteous person will never be overthrown, 1 but the wicked will not remain in the land. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
In Context
29The way of Yahweh protects those who have integrity, 1 but it is destruction for the wicked. 1
Cross References
Psalms 15:5He does not charge interest when he lends money. 1 He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. 1 He who does these things will never be shaken.
Psalms 37:9Evildoers will be cut off, 1 but those who wait for Yahweh will inherit the land. 1
Psalms 37:28For Yahweh loves justice 1 and does not abandon his faithful followers. 1 They are preserved forever, 1 but the descendants of the wicked will be cut off. 1
Psalms 112:6For he will never be moved; 1 the righteous person will be remembered forever. 1
Proverbs 2:21For those doing right will make a home in the land, 1 and those with integrity will remain in it. 1
Proverbs 10:25The wicked are like the storm that passes by, and they are no more, 1 but the righteous person is a foundation that lasts forever. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:30-31
29 The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. These two verses are to the same purport with those next before, intimating the happiness of the godly and the misery of the wicked; it is necessary that this be inculcated upon us, so loth are we to believe and consider it. 1. Strength and stability are entailed upon integrity: The way of the Lord (the providence of God, the… Read the whole commentary →