Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Proverbs 10:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The way of the LORD is a strong hold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: But destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The way of the Lord is strength and a stronghold to the upright, but it is destruction to the workers of iniquity. American Standard Version (1901) The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. Common English Bible The path of the LORD is a refuge for the innocent and ruin for those who do evil. Catholic Public Domain Version The strength of the simple is the way of the Lord, and it is fear to those who work evil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The strength of the upright is the way of the Lord: and fear to them that work evil. |
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: But the way of the wicked shall perish.
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.
But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of the LORD shall be as the excellency of the pastures: They shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away.
They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
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:
When a wicked man dieth his expectation shall perish: And the hope of iniquity perisheth.
Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way: But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
It is joy to the righteous to do judgement; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
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; they shall walk, and not faint.
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, mad the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.
And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.