Proverbs 10:30

30 The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not remain in the land.

Proverbs 10:30 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
English Standard Version (ESV)
30 The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
New Living Translation (NLT)
30 The godly will never be disturbed, but the wicked will be removed from the land.
The Message Bible (MSG)
30 Good people last - they can't be moved; the wicked are here today, gone tomorrow.
American Standard Version (ASV)
30 The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
30 A righteous person will never be moved, but wicked people will not continue to live in the land.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
30 The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not remain on the earth.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
30 Those who do right will never be removed from the land. But those who do wrong will not remain in it.

Proverbs 10:30 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 10:30

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; they may be removed from a state of outward prosperity to a state of adversity, as Job was; they may be removed from spiritual and comfortable frames of soul to carnal or uncomfortable ones; for good frames are very precarious and uncertain things; and they will be removed out of this world into another; here they have no continuing city: but they shall never be removed from the love of God, nothing can separate them from that; they are set as a seal on his heart, and are engraven on the palms of his hands, and there is no removing them from thence; they may be waiver about their interest in the love of God; they may be without the manifestations and discoveries of it to their souls; they may be under the hidings of God's face; they may be at a distance from his house and ordinances, or may not enjoy the presence of God in them for a time; yet not separated from his affections; they shall never be removed out of the hands of Christ, into which they are put for security, and out of which none can pluck them, men or devils; how should they, since they are in those hands that made the heavens and the earth, support all in being, and hold the reins of government? Was it possible they could be removed from hence, it would impeach the wisdom of God, who has put them there; argue weakness in Christ, and suppose danger to them. Nor can they be removed out of the family of God; sons of God abide in his house for ever; they are no more foreigners and strangers; once children, no more servants; they may be corrected and chastised, yet be children; they may judge themselves unworthy of the relation, and be ready to conclude that their spots are not the spots of God's children, and fear they are none of them, and yet the relation continues: nor will they ever be removed from their state of justification, by which they are denominated righteous, into a state of condemnation; for full satisfaction is given to law and justice for them; their justification is complete, it is from all sin; the righteousness by which they are justified is everlasting, and even their faith which receives it shall never fail; to which may be added, that they are secured from wrath to come, and entitled to eternal life. In a word, they are on the sure foundation of electing grace; they are in the immovable covenant of grace; they are on the Rock of ages, Christ Jesus; all the divine Persons and perfections are on their side; they are kept by the power of God, through faith, unto salvation; see ( Psalms 55:22 ) ( Psalms 125:1 Psalms 125:2 ) ; but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth;
but a very little while, as Gersom observes; and the time of their abode on earth is so short, as scarce to be called an inhabitation of it. Moreover, they shall not inhabit the earth the righteous will, even the new earth, which none but righteous persons shall inhabit, ( 2 Peter 3:13 ) ; see ( Psalms 37:9 Psalms 37:11 Psalms 37:22 Psalms 37:29 ) .

Proverbs 10:30 In-Context

28 The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.
29 The way of the LORD is a refuge for the blameless, but it is the ruin of those who do evil.
30 The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not remain in the land.
31 From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be silenced.
32 The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Ps 37:9,28-29; S Proverbs 2:20-22
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