Proverbs 10:27
The feare of the Lord increaseth the dayes: but the yeeres of the wicked shalbe diminished.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
In Context
26As vineger is to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slouthful to them that send him.
28The patient abiding of the righteous shall be gladnesse: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
Cross References
Job 15:32His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.
Psalms 21:4He asked life of thee, and thou gauest him a long life for euer and euer.
Psalms 55:23And thou, O God, shalt bring them downe into the pitte of corruption: the bloudie, and deceitfull men shall not liue halfe their dayes: but I will trust in thee.
Psalms 92:15To declare that the Lord my rocke is righteous, and that none iniquitie is in him.
Proverbs 3:16Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.
Ecclesiastes 7:17I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.
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 →