Proverbs 10:30
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
Updated King James Version
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 upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.
Cross References
Psalms 15:5He that puts not out his money to interest, nor takes reward against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.
Psalms 37:9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves judgment, and forsakes not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms 112:6Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
Proverbs 2:21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Proverbs 10:25As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting 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 →