Proverbs 10:29
The way of Jehovah [is] strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity.
Young's Literal Translation
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 [is] joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.
30The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!
Psalms 37:20But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.
Psalms 92:7When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity — For their being destroyed for ever and ever!
Proverbs 21:15To do justice [is] joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.
Zechariah 10:12And I have made them mighty in Jehovah, And in His name they walk up and down, An affirmation of Jehovah!
Luke 13:26then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places 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 →