Proverbs 10:27
27 The fear of the Lord adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.
Other Translations of Proverbs 10:27
King James Version
27 The fear of the Lord prolongeth
English Standard Version
27 The fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.
The Message
27 The Fear-of-God expands your life; a wicked life is a puny life.
New King James Version
27 The fear of the Lord prolongs days, But the years of the wicked will be shortened.
New Living Translation
27 Fear of the Lord lengthens one's life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.
Proverbs 11:31
31 If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
Other Translations of Proverbs 11:31
King James Version
31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
English Standard Version
31 If the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
The Message
31 If good people barely make it, what's in store for the bad!
New King James Version
31 If the righteous will be recompensed on the earth, How much more the ungodly and the sinner.
New Living Translation
31 If the righteous are rewarded here on earth, what will happen to wicked sinners?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 11:31
Commentary on Proverbs 11:31
(Read Proverbs 11:31)
Even the righteous, when they offend on earth, shall meet with sharp corrections; much more will the wicked meet the due reward of their sins. Let us then seek those blessings which our Surety purchased by his sufferings and death; let us seek to copy his example, and to keep his commandments.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 10:27
Commentary on Proverbs 10:27-28
(Read Proverbs 10:27-28)
What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure to him life enough in this world, and eternal life in the other.