Date: 29, October 2020

Bible Verse:

Proverbs 10:29

“The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.”

Significance of Verse:

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(29) The way of the Lord—i.e., in which He has directed men to walk. (Comp. Psalm 25:12; Matthew 22:16; Acts 9:2.) It is a strong protection to the righteous, for no harm can happen to them while they follow it (1Peter 3:13); but it is destruction (not, there is destruction) to the workers of iniquity, because the fact of their having rejected the teaching of God will be their condemnation. (Comp. 2Corinthians 2:15-16.)


Matthew Poole's Commentary

The way of the Lord; either,

1. The way or course of God’s providence in the government of the world. Or rather,

2. The way of God’s precepts, as God’s way or ways are most commonly understood in Scripture, or walking in God’s ways; for this is opposed to working iniquity in the next clause.

Is strength; gives strength, i.e. either courage and confidence, or support and protection from that destruction here following.

Destruction, or terror, or

consternation, as the word properly signifies, and many render it. The design of this verse is to show that piety is the only true policy.


Benson Commentary

Proverbs 10:29-30. The way of the Lord — Either, 1st, The course of his providence in the government of the world: or rather, 2d, The way of God’s precepts, commonly meant by that expression in the Scriptures; is strength to the upright — Gives them strength, support, and protection. But destruction — Hebrew, מחתה, terror, or consternation, and destruction consequent thereupon; shall be to the workers of iniquity — They shall not only not inherit the earth, though they lay up treasure in it; but they shall not so much as inhabit it, Proverbs 10:30; God’s judgments will root them out. The design of these two verses is to show that piety is the only true policy.


Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:29. The believer grows stronger in faith, and obeys with increased delight. 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. 31,32. A good man discourses wisely for the benefit of others. But it is the sin, and will be the ruin of a wicked man, that he speaks what is displeasing to God, and provoking to those he converses with. The righteous is kept by the power of God; and nothing shall be able to separate him from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus.


Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Omit "shall be." The meaning is: "The Way of Yahweh," i. e., the Divine Order of the world, has its two sides. It is "strength to the upright, destruction to the workers of iniquity.


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