Proverbs 10:29
The way of the Lord is strength to the vpright man: but feare shall be for the workers of iniquitie.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
28The patient abiding of the righteous shall be gladnesse: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
30The righteous shall neuer be remooued: but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked shall perish.
Psalms 37:20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be consumed as the fatte of lambes: euen with the smoke shall they consume away.
Psalms 92:7(When the wicked growe as the grasse, and all the workers of wickednesse doe flourish) that they shall be destroyed for euer.
Proverbs 21:15It is ioye to the iust to doe iudgement: but destruction shalbe to the workers of iniquitie.
Zechariah 10:12And I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they shall walke in his Name, sayth the Lord.
Luke 13:26Then shall ye begin to say, We haue eaten and drunke in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streetes.
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 →