30The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
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Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. …
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. …
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-30)These two verses are to the same purport with those next before, intimating the happiness of the godly and the misery of the wicked; it is necessary that this be inculcated upon us, so loth are we to believe and consider it. 1. Strength and stability are entailed upon integrity: The way of the Lord (the providence of God, the way in which he walks towards us) is strength to the upright , confirms…
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