Proverbs 10:29 | The Way of the LORD

April 19, 2023

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Week 16: Proverbs 10:29

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

Scripture Memory

The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. Proverbs 10:29

The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. Proverbs 10:29

T__ w__ o_ t__ L___ i_ s_______ t_ t__ u______: b__ d__________ s____ b_ t_ t__ w______ o_ i_______. Proverbs 10:29

Bible Context

Who?

King Solomon

When?

Early in his reign, after 970 B.C.

Why?

To apply God’s wisdom to daily life.

For whom?

Israelites (The Jewish People).

Word Studies

The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. Proverbs 10:29

Way | דֶּרֶךְ

dereḵ

Pronunciation: deh'-rek

Definition:

Road, way, path
Journey
Manner, habit

Translations:

Way 590x
Toward 31x
Journey 23x
Manner 8x

Strength | מָעוֹז

māʿôz

Pronunciation: maw-oze'

Definition:

Place of safety, fastness, harbour
Refuge (of God)
Human protection

Translations:

Strength 24x
Strong 4x
Fortress 3x
Hold 2x

Upright | תֹּם

tōm

Pronunciation: tome

Definition:

Integrity, completeness
Innocence, simplicity

Translations:

Integrity 11x
Upright 2x
Uprightly 2x

Destruction | מְחִתָּה

mᵊḥitâ

Pronunciation: mekh-it-taw'

Definition:

destruction
Terror, dismay
ruin

Translations:

destruction 7x
terror 2x
ruin 1x

Iniquity | אָוֶן

'āven

Pronunciation: aw-ven'

Definition:

trouble, sorrow
idolatry
wickedness

Translations:

iniquity 47x
wicked(ness) 8x
vanity 6x
affliction 3x
evil 1x

Paraphrase

The [path, habit] of the LORD is [a place of safety] to the [person of integrity]: but [terror] shall be to the workers of [idolatry, trouble]. Proverbs 10:29

Bible Cross References

Job 31:3

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Psalm 1:6

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Romans 2:8-9

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;