Proverbs 10:27

27 The fear of Yahweh adds life, but the years of the wicked are shortened.

Proverbs 10:27 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 10:27

The fear of the Lord prolongeth days
Not beyond the time fixed in the unalterable purposes and decrees of God, ( Job 14:5 ) ; but longer than some others, or than those that fear the Lord expect to live; or longer than, according to the course of nature, and the weakness of their constitutions, it could be thought they should live. Long life is promised to them that fear the Lord; godliness has the promise of this life and of that to come; the fear of the Lord is the means of preserving persons from those things which are pernicious to the health of men, and so of prolonging their days; as well as it has length of days, for ever and ever, even eternal life, annexed to it; see ( Psalms 34:11-14 ) ; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened;
through diseases, which their sins bring upon them, which cut them off before they have lived out half their days; or by means of which, their sins, they come into the hand of the civil magistrate, and die before their time; or are taken off in their full strength by the immediate judgment of God, as were Ananias and Sapphira; and so they die in the midst of their days; and before the time, which, according to the course of nature, and the common period of life, in all human probability they might have arrived unto, ( Psalms 55:23 ) ( Ecclesiastes 7:17 ) .

Proverbs 10:27 In-Context

25 With the passing of the tempest, there is no wickedness, but [the] righteous have a foundation forever.

26 Like vinegar to the tooth and like smoke to the eyes, thus [is] the lazy to one who employs him.

27 The fear of Yahweh adds life, but the years of the wicked are shortened.

28 The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

29 A stronghold for the upright is the way of Yahweh, but ruin [belongs] to {evildoers}.