Proverbs 10:29

the upright. an upright one.

destruction. ruin. Illustrations: Saul (1Ch 10:13, 1 Chronicles 10:14; 1 Chronicles 11:3); Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:7-11.Isaiah 50:11; Isaiah 50:11).

iniquity. Hebrew. 'aven. App-44.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The way — The way of God's precepts. Strength — Gives strength, support, and protection.

²⁹ The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 10:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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