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Proverbs 10:30

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

The righteous shall never be removed - or disturbed from his strong position of faith in God here, much less from his coming "habitation" and blessed inheritance hereafter. So the antithesis to the succeeding clause requires the sense (; ).

But the wicked shall not inhabit the earth - permanently; in contrast to the righteous meek, who shall inhabit the regenerated earth (; ).

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See also Proverbs 10:30 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 10:30. _THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL NEVER BE REMOVED_] Because he is built on the _eternal foundation_. See on Proverbs 10:25....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE WICKED SHALL ROT INHABIT - The other and higher side of the same law of the divine government appears in Matthew 5:5....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON: CHAPTER S 10--19:19 Beginning with the tenth chapter we have the collection of proverbs given by inspiration through Solomon. In this section the personal address, “My son...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PROVERBS 10:2 (_cf._ Psalms 3:7). RIGHTEOUSNESS: the growth of the conception of righteousness is an important subject. As in the Pss., there is a specific class the righteous opposed to the wicked. T...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    REMOVED. moved, or shaken. EARTH: or land [of promise]....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the earth_ Comp. Matthew 5:5; or, _the land_(sc. of Canaan), as R.V. Comp. Proverbs 21:21-22; Exodus 20:12. The law holds good, though its sphere of action may vary....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 10:23-32 23. It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And so is wisdom to a man of understanding. 24. The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righte...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    10:30 land. (m-15) Or 'dwell on the earth.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or explan...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    See my notes on ‘the land’, under Proverbs 2:20-22. In verse 30, Solomon compares a good man to a tree. Both belong in the place where God has planted them. Even when trouble comes, they can stand fi...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    These proverbs are about time. Solomon discusses different situations. He explains what will happen in the future....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 10 THE PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) OF SOLOMON (PROVERBS 10:1 TO PROVERBS 22:16) The second major section in the Book of Proverbs is...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL NEVER BE REMOVED. — See above on Proverbs 2:21, and Psalms 37:29. BUT THE WICKED SHALL NOT INHABIT THE EARTH. — Rather, _The godless abide not in the land._ They often have to beco...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    צַדִּ֣יק לְ עֹולָ֣ם בַּל ־יִמֹּ֑וט וּ֝ רְשָׁע

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 11 WEALTH "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2 "O'er weening statesmen have full long relied On fleets and armies and external w...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE BLESSING OF THE LORD MAKETH RICH Proverbs 10:17-32 Let us specially avoid talking too much. Silence is golden. See Proverbs 10:19. Yet _the tongue of the just is as choice silver and the lips of...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here begin the proverbs proper. In this collection they are antithetical, They present a sharp contrast between wisdom and folly in the outworking of such in practical life. Seeing that this is indeed...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The righteous shall (n) never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. (n) They enjoy in this life by faith and hope, their everlasting life....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Earth. This the Jews frequently experienced. The more enlightened understood, that such promises regarded also eternity. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. He that hideth hatred with lying li...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL NEVER BE REMOVED,.... They may be removed from place to place in this world, through the persecutions of their enemies, or through one providence or another, as they often are; the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. Ver. 30. _The righteous shall never be removed._] Or, They shall not be removed for ever, though for a while they may...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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 stren...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 30. THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL NEVER BE REMOVED, not lose his home or be banished from his country; BUT THE WICKED SHALL NOT INHABIT THE EARTH, they will not remain in possession of the land....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1 The comfort of parents much depends on their children; and this suggests to both, motives to their duties. Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 10:3. Though the righteous may be poor, the Lord will not suffer h...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL NEVER BE REMOVED; they shall live long and happily here, when this is most expedient for them, and eternally in heaven. THE WICKED SHALL NOT INHABIT THE EARTH; they shall not have...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 10:30 righteous H6662 never H5769 removed H4131 (H8735) wicked H7563 inhabit H7931 (H8799) earth H776

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The blessedness of the ways of righteousness and the folly of the ways of wickedness. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: The head of the just man will be crowned with the blessings both...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 10:1. _The Proverbs of Solomon._ The nine preseding Chapter s may be regarded as a vestibule to the temple. Wisdom has been personified, and folly thrown into the darker shades. We have had a...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 10:30 The phrases WILL NEVER BE REMOVED and WILL NOT DWELL indicate that the LAND here refers to the promised end of the righteous path (see note on...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 10:31. CUT OUT, “rooted out.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 10:30_ THE EARTH THE POSSESSION OF THE RIGHTEOUS I. FROM THEIR RELATION TO GOD IT IS THEIRS NOW. The estate of a...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSE 1-22:16 PART III. FIRST GREAT COLLECTION (375) OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS. VERSE 1-12:28 First section. The sections are noted by their commencing usually with the words, "a wise son....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 10 we have individual proverbs. Most of these individual proverbs are in contrast, where they are contrasting the wise with the foolish, or the wicked with the righteous. Or the diligen...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Peter 1:10; 2 Peter 1:11; Ezekiel 33:24; Micah 2:10; Micah 2:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Never be removed — They shall live happily here, and eternally in heaven. The earth — They shall not have so much as a quiet abode upon earth; much less shall they have any possession in heaven....

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