Proverbs 10:30
28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
- KJV
- The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
- WEB
- The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
- ASV
- The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
- DARBY
- The righteous [man] shall never be moved; but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.
- BLB
- A righteous one will not be shaken forever, and the wicked will not dwell in the land.
- ÅB
- De rettferdige skal aldri rokkes, men de ugudelige skal ikke få bo landet.
- OTB
- De rettferdige vil forbli trygge, men de onde vil ikke bli i landet.
- B1930
- De rettferdige skal aldri rokkes, men de ugudelige skal ikke få bo landet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 37:22
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
Read in contextPsalms 125:1
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Read in contextPsalms 37:28–29
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Read in contextPsalms 37:9–10
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Read in contextProverbs 2:21–22
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Read in contextProverbs 10:25
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Read in contextPsalms 16:8
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Read in contextMatthew 21:41
They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
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