Proverbs 10:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:15 : 15 It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.
  • Ps 37:20 : 20 But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.
  • Job 31:3 : 3 Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?
  • Ps 1:6 : 6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.
  • Ps 36:12 : 12 There the workers of evil have come down: they have been made low, and will not be lifted up.
  • Isa 40:31 : 31 But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.
  • Zech 10:12 : 12 And their strength will be in the Lord; and their pride will be in his name, says the Lord.
  • Matt 7:22-23 : 22 A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power? 23 And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
  • Luke 13:26-27 : 26 Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets. 27 But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.
  • Rom 2:8-9 : 8 But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath, 9 Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek;
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:3
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    3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

  • Prov 21:15
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    15 It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

    6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Prov 10:28
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    28 The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

  • Job 31:3
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    3 Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

  • Prov 12:7
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    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Prov 14:11-12
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    11 The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

    12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

  • Ps 37:38-39
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    77%

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

    39 But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

  • Prov 15:9
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    9 The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Prov 21:29
    76%

    29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • 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 11:19-20
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    19 So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

    20 The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 21:7-8
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

    8 Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

  • Prov 28:18
    76%

    18 He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 10:9
    75%

    9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Ps 92:7
    75%

    7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

  • 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.

  • Rom 3:16
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    16 Destruction and trouble are in their ways;

  • Job 21:30
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    30 How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

  • Prov 29:27
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    27 An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Isa 26:7
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    7 The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21 Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Isa 1:28
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    28 But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.

  • Prov 12:28
    74%

    28 In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22 But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

  • Ps 37:9
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    9 For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 16:17
    74%

    17 The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Prov 12:26
    73%

    26 The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Ps 11:3
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    3 If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

  • Job 17:9
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    9 Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.

  • Hos 14:9
    73%

    9 As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.

  • Ps 10:15
    73%

    15 Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

  • Ps 125:5
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    5 But as for such as are turned out of the straight way, the Lord will take them away with the workers of evil. Let peace be on Israel.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 2:20
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    20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • Amos 5:9
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    9 Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8 The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.