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Proverbs 10:30
30Righteous people will always have a safe place to live. But wicked people will not continue to live in the land.
Proverbs 10:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not remain in the land.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The righteous will never be removed, But the wicked will not inhabit the earth.
Context of Proverbs 10:30
28What good people hope to receive causes them to be happy. But wicked people never receive what they hope for. 29The Lord keeps honest people safe. But he punishes people who do wrong things. Righteous people will always have a safe place to live. But wicked people will not continue to live in the land. 31Righteous people speak wise words. But those who speak evil things will lose their tongues! 32Righteous people say kind things. But wicked people say things that hurt others.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:30 word by word
צַדִּ֣יק לְעוֹלָ֣ם בַּל־יִמּ֑וֹט וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים לֹ֣א יִשְׁכְּנוּ־אָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:30
- Proverbs 10:25When the storm has finished, wicked people are no longer there. But righteous people are still standing safely.
- Psalms 16:8I will always trust the Lord to be with me. He is very near to me, so I will not be upset.
- Psalms 37:22Yes, people that the Lord blesses will live safely in the land. But people that he has cursed will disappear.
- Psalms 112:6Righteous people will never fail. People will always remember them.
- Psalms 125:1People who trust in the Lord are strong, like Mount Zion. Nothing can shake it. It will always be there.
- Romans 8:35Christ will always continue to love us. Nothing can stop that! We may have troubles. Things may make us sad or afraid. People may do bad things to us. We may have no food or no clothes. There may be great danger. People may even try to kill us. But none of these things can stop Christ from loving us.
- 2 Peter 1:10So, my friends, try very much to live in a way that pleases God. God has chosen you to be his own people. Show that you really do belong to him! If you do these things, you will never turn away from God.
- Psalms 37:9Wicked people will disappear one day! But people who trust the Lord for help will live safely in the land that he has given to them.
- Psalms 52:5But God will knock you down, and he will break you into pieces. He will take you away from your home. He will remove you from this world where people live. Selah.
- Ezekiel 33:24‘Son of man, there are people who continue to live in the places in Israel that have become heaps of stones. Those Israelites are saying, “Abraham was only one man, but God gave him the whole land of Israel. We are many people. So we can be sure that the land now belongs to us.”
- Micah 2:9You rob the women among my people too. You take away their happy homes. So you take away what I want their children to enjoy.
- Matthew 21:41The Jewish leaders said to Jesus, ‘The master will completely destroy those bad people. Then he will give the garden to other farmers to take care of it. Those new farmers will give the master the fruit that he should have at the time of harvest.’
Commentaries on Proverbs 10:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30The righteous shall never be removed - Because he is built on the eternal foundation. See on Proverbs 10:25; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30The wicked shall rot inhabit - The other and higher side of the same law of the divine government appears in Matthew 5:5.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30Verse 30 The wicked would be glad to have this earth their home for ever, but it cannot be so. They must die and leave all their idols behind.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30This saying relates to God's covenant promises to Israel (see Deuteronomy 28:1–14, 63–68). These connections are uncommon in Proverbs.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. (Compare Pr 12:3; Psa 37:9-11; 102:28). earth--or, "land of promise."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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