Proverbs 10:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 15:32-33 : 32 His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green. 33 He is like a vine whose grapes do not come to full growth, or an olive-tree dropping its flowers.
  • Prov 3:2 : 2 For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.
  • Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me your days will be increased, and the years of your life will be long.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.
  • Ps 91:16 : 16 With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.
  • Prov 3:16 : 16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.
  • Job 22:15-16 : 15 Will you keep the old way by which evil men went? 16 Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:
  • Ps 21:4 : 4 He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.
  • Ps 34:11-13 : 11 Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord. 12 What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good? 13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.
  • Eccl 7:17 : 17 Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 8:12-13
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    12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

    13 But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23 The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

  • Prov 14:26-27
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    76%

    26 For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

    27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.

  • Prov 10:28-29
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    75%

    28 The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

    29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 9:10-11
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    10 The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

    11 For by me your days will be increased, and the years of your life will be long.

  • Ps 111:10
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    10 The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

  • Prov 10:24
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    24 The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

  • Prov 23:17-18
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    17 Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

    18 For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Ps 90:9-12
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    9 For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.

    10 The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.

    11 Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion?

    12 So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.

  • Ps 61:6
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    6 You will give the king long life; and make his years go on through the generations.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16 The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 8:13
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    13 The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

  • Prov 22:4
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    4 The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

  • Job 15:20
    71%

    20 The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

  • Eccl 7:15
    71%

    15 These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

  • Prov 15:16
    71%

    16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

  • Ps 102:23
    71%

    23 He has taken my strength from me in the way; he has made short my days.

  • Prov 3:2
    70%

    2 For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14 Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.

  • Eccl 7:17
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    17 Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?

  • Ps 128:4
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    4 See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.> The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Prov 15:33
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    33 The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

  • Prov 20:2
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    2 The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

  • Ps 34:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11 Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

    12 What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

  • Prov 10:26
    69%

    26 Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.

  • Prov 1:7
    69%

    7 The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2 He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

  • Job 28:28
    69%

    28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

  • Prov 3:7
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    7 Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

  • Ps 37:38
    69%

    38 But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

  • Prov 10:7
    69%

    7 The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

  • Prov 13:13
    69%

    13 He who makes sport of the word will come to destruction, but the respecter of the law will be rewarded.

  • Ps 19:9
    69%

    9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

  • Prov 2:5
    69%

    5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

  • Job 21:7
    69%

    7 Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?

  • Ps 37:34
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    34 Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.