Proverbs 10:30
The righteous shall neuer be remooued: but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
In Context
29The way of the Lord is strength to the vpright man: but feare shall be for the workers of iniquitie.
31The mouth of the iust shall be fruitfull in wisdome: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.
Cross References
Psalms 15:5He that giueth not his money vnto vsurie, nor taketh reward against the innocent: hee that doeth these things, shall neuer be moued.
Psalms 37:9For euill doers shalbe cut off, and they that wait vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the land.
Psalms 37:28For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saintes: they shall be preserued for euermore: but the seede of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms 112:6Surely he shall neuer be moued: but the righteous shalbe had in euerlasting remembrance.
Proverbs 2:21For the iust shall dwell in the land, and the vpright men shall remaine in it.
Proverbs 10:25As the whirlewinde passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is as an euerlasting foundation.
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 →