Proverbs 10:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The fear of the Lord prolongeth days. — The special Old Testament blessing for obedience (comp. Proverbs 9:11), often fulfilled now, too, in the case of those who live on to old age, in the quiet fulfilment of duty; while others are shortening their lives by excessive anxieties, or the pursuit of pleasure.

Proverbs 10:27

27 The fear of the LORD prolongethg days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.