Proverbs 10:29
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
KJV
Fortitudo simplicis via Domini, et pavor his qui operantur malum.
Vulgate
ὀχύρωμα ὁσίου φόβος Κυρίου, συντριβὴ δὲ τοῖς ἐργαζομένοις κακά.
LXX
The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
ASV
מָע֣וֹז לַ֭/תֹּם דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהוָ֑ה וּ֝/מְחִתָּ֗ה לְ/פֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
וֹ
v
verb · 24×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
מְחִתָּה
mchth
noun · 11×
מָע֣וֹז
m'vz
noun · 36×
פֹּ֣עֲלֵי
p'ly
verb · 55×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 15:18 — And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
- Hos 14:9 — Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
- Isa 40:31 — But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
- Job 34:22 — There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
- Mic 2:7 — O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
- Phil 4:13 — I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
- Prov 21:15 — It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
- Prov 21:15 — It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
- Prov 24:5 — A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
- Ps 36:12 — There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
- Ps 37:20 — But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
- Ps 84:7 — They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
- Ps 92:7 — When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
- Rom 2:8 — But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
- Zech 10:12 — And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.