Proverbs 10:29
מָעוֹז לַתֹּם דֶּרֶךְ יְהוָה וּמְחִתָּה לְפֹעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
28תּוֹחֶלֶת צַדִּיקִים שִׂמְחָה וְתִקְוַת רְשָׁעִים תֹּאבֵֽד ׃
30צַדִּיק לְעוֹלָם בַּל ־ יִמּוֹט וּרְשָׁעִים לֹא יִשְׁכְּנוּ ־ אָֽרֶץ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 1:6כִּֽי ־ יוֹדֵעַ יְהוָה דֶּרֶךְ צַדִּיקִים וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים תֹּאבֵֽד ׃
Psalms 37:20כִּי רְשָׁעִים ׀ יֹאבֵדוּ וְאֹיְבֵי יְהוָה כִּיקַר כָּרִים כָּלוּ בֶעָשָׁן כָּֽלוּ ׃
Psalms 92:7אִֽישׁ ־ בַּעַר לֹא יֵדָע וּכְסִיל לֹא ־ יָבִין אֶת ־ זֹֽאת ׃
Proverbs 21:15שִׂמְחָה לַצַּדִּיק עֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וּמְחִתָּה לְפֹעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן ׃
Zechariah 10:12וְגִבַּרְתִּים בַּֽיהוָה וּבִשְׁמוֹ יִתְהַלָּכוּ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה ׃ ס
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 →