Focused Passage

Proverbs 10:29

The Righteous and the Wicked: Wisdom in Speech, Work, Wealth, and Life

The chapter moves as a concentrated collection rather than a single linear argument. Its repeated contrasts form a moral portrait of the righteous and the wicked, with major clusters around family, work, wealth, speech, discipline, desire, fear, and destiny.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

29 The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

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Verse 29

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The way דֶּ֣רֶךְ H1870 Noun - common singular construct of the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular is a refuge מָע֣וֹז H4581 Noun - masculine singular to the upright לַ֭תֹּם H8537 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular but destruction וּ֝מְחִתָּ֗ה H4288 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular [awaits] those who do לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי H6466 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct evil אָֽוֶן׃ H205 Noun - masculine singular

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