Proverbs 10:29

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:15 : 15 Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.
  • Ps 37:20 : 20 But evil men will die; the LORD’s enemies will be incinerated– they will go up in smoke.
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.
  • Job 31:3 : 3 Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?
  • Ps 1:6 : 6 Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.
  • Ps 36:12 : 12 I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! They have been knocked down and are unable to get up!
  • Isa 40:31 : 31 But those who wait for the LORD’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.
  • Zech 10:12 : 12 Thus I will strengthen them by my power, and they will walk about in my name,” says the LORD.
  • Matt 7:22-23 : 22 On that day, many will say to me,‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’ 23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
  • Luke 13:26-27 : 26 Then you will begin to say,‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 But he will reply,‘I don’t know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!’
  • Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness. 9 There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Prov 21:15
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    15Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Prov 10:28
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    28The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked perishes.

  • Job 31:3
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    3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

  • Prov 12:7
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    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

  • Prov 14:11-12
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    11The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Ps 37:38-39
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    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

    39But the LORD delivers the godly; he protects them in times of trouble.

  • Prov 15:9
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    9The LORD abhors the way of the wicked, but he will love those who pursue righteousness.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17for evil men will lose their power, but the LORD sustains the godly.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Prov 10:16
    76%

    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Prov 11:19-20
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    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

    20The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Prov 21:7-8
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    76%

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

    8The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

  • Prov 10:9
    75%

    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Ps 92:7
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    7When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Rom 3:16
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    16ruin and misery are in their paths,

  • Job 21:30
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    30that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Isa 26:7
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    7God’s People Anticipate Vindication The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

  • Isa 1:28
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    28All rebellious sinners will be shattered, those who abandon the LORD will perish.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

  • Ps 37:9
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    9Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the LORD are the ones who will possess the land.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • Prov 12:26
    73%

    26The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Ps 11:3
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    3When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?”

  • Job 17:9
    73%

    9But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Concluding Exhortation Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the LORD are right; the godly walk in them,but in them the rebellious stumble.

  • Ps 10:15
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    15Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.

  • Ps 125:5
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    5As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the LORD remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

  • Amos 5:9
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    9He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)

  • Prov 11:8
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    8A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.