Proverbs 10:30 - Exposition

The righteous shall never be removed ( Proverbs 2:21 ; Proverbs 12:3 , Proverbs 12:21 ; Psalms 10:6 ; Psalms 37:29 ). This is in agreement with the temporal promise made to the patriarchs and often renewed, as in the fifth commandment. St. Paul says ( 1 Timothy 4:8 ), "Godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come." The wicked shall not inhabit (or, abide not in ) the land. The punishment of exile was threatened upon the Jews for their disobedience, and they are still suffering this retribution (Le 26:33; Deuteronomy 4:27 ; Isaiah 22:17 ). Christ gives the other aspect of God's moral government when he says ( Matthew 5:5 ), "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."