Proverbs 10:30
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The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
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21 The lips of the righteous edify many; But fools die through want of understanding.
Open source ↗Hitherto we have been in the porch or preface to the proverbs, here they begin. They are short but weighty sentences; most of them are distichs, two sentences in one verse, illustrating each other; but it is seldom that there is any coherence between the verses, much less any thread of discourse, and therefore in these chapters we need not attempt to reduce the contents to their proper heads, the several sentences will appear best in their own places. The scope of them all is to set before us good and evil, the blessing and the curse. Many of the proverbs in this chapter relate to the good government of the tongue, without which men's religion is vain.
Open source ↗10:30 This proverb connects with God’s covenant promises to Israel (see Deut 28:1-14, 63-68). Such connections are rare in the book of Proverbs.
Open source ↗Original language
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Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”
Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah