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Proverbs 19 · a question people ask

"he rests and will not be touched by trouble" (19:23). Does fearing the LORD keep all trouble away?

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The whole saying reads, "The fear of the LORD leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble" (19:23). It is one of the 13 verses of Proverbs where the WEB has "the fear of the LORD". It says what the fear of the LORD leads to, and says no more about when or how. The notes on Proverbs 10 ask a question like this one of "The fear of the LORD prolongs days" (Proverbs 10:27), and the notes on Proverbs 12 ask it of "No mischief shall happen to the righteous" (Proverbs 12:21), setting beside it "for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again" (Proverbs 24:16). 19:23 is a saying too. These notes say what it says, don't make it a guarantee that nothing hard will happen to anyone, and don't explain it away.

The verses

“The fear of the LORD leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.”
Proverbs 19:23 · World English Bible
“The fear of the LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.”
Proverbs 10:27 · World English Bible
“No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.”
Proverbs 12:21 · World English Bible
“for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.”
Proverbs 24:16 · World English Bible

From Favor's study of Proverbs 19

Proverbs 19: Many plans, one counsel

Counsel in "Listen to counsel" (19:20) and in "the LORD’s counsel will prevail" (19:21) is one Hebrew word, in two sayings side by side. And "It is his glory to overlook an offense" (19:11) has the three Hebrew words Micah uses of God, who "passes over the disobedience" (Micah 7:18).

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