Proverbs 10:27
The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
In Context
26As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So [is] the slothful to those sending him.
28The hope of the righteous [is] joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.
Cross References
Job 15:32Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
Psalms 21:4Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him — length of days, Age-during — and for ever.
Psalms 55:23And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I — I do trust in Thee!
Psalms 92:15To declare that upright [is] Jehovah my rock, And there is no perverseness in Him!
Proverbs 3:16Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth and honour.
Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:27
The Righteous Exclusively Happy. 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. Observe, 1. Those that are of a slothful disposition, that love their ease and cannot apply their minds to any business, are not fit to be employed, no, not so much as to be sent on an errand, for they will neither deliver a message with any care nor make any haste back. Such therefore are very unmeet to be ministers, Christ's messengers; he will not own the sending forth of sluggards… Read the whole commentary →