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

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

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Verse 29

Original words

The wayדֶּ֣רֶךְH1870Noun - common singular constructof the LORDיְהוָ֑הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularis a refugeמָע֣וֹזH4581Noun - masculine singularto the uprightלַ֭תֹּםH8537Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularbut destructionוּ֝מְחִתָּ֗הH4288Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular[awaits] those who doלְפֹ֣עֲלֵיH6466Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructevilאָֽוֶן׃H205Noun - masculine singular

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