Proverbs 10:29

shall be] These words should not be introduced. "The way of the Lord" is the subject of both clauses of the verse: it is at once a "stronghold" and a "destruction," or "ruin" (see Proverbs 10:15, note: the Heb. word is the same) to the two opposite classes of men. So R.V.:

The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the upright;

But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

"The way of the Lord" may mean either His way of dealing with men (comp. Psalms 18:30, [Heb. 31]), or the way which He has prescribed for men to walk in (Psalms 27:11). In the latter case, it may be the destruction of those who do not keep it, because to have known and not kept it is their condemnation. Comp. John 3:19. See also Hosea 14:9.