Proverbs 10:29
A refuge for the blameless, is the path of Yahweh, but, destruction, [awaiteth] the workers of iniquity.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 hope of the righteous, shall be gladness, but, the expectation of the lawless, shall vanish.
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; but, the way of the lawless, shall vanish.
Psalms 37:20For, the lawless, shall perish, and, the foes of Yahweh, be like the glory of the meadows, They have vanished! In smoke, have they vanished!
Psalms 92:7When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Proverbs 21:15It is a joy, to a righteous man, to do justice, but, dismay, to the workers of iniquity.
Zechariah 10:12And I will make them mighty in Yahweh, and, in his name, shall they march to and fro,—Declareth Yahweh.
Luke 13:26Then, will ye begin to say—We did eat and drink in thy presence, and, in our broadways, thou didst, teach;
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 →