Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 10 connects to 10 cross-references. The main collection of Solomonic proverbs begins: 175 antithetical proverbs contrasting the righteous and the wicked, the wise and the foolish. The righteous is a fountain of life; the wicked's gain brings trouble. A wise son makes his father glad; …
Autres traductions
The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.
The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.
Références croisées
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live …
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.