Proverbs 2:22
But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
In Context
21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:22And LORD thy God will cast out those nations before thee little by little. Thou may not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
Deuteronomy 29:20LORD will not pardon him, but then the anger of LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lay upon him, and LORD will blot out his name from under heaven.
1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against LORD, because of the word of LORD, which did not keep, and also because he asked counsel of a spiritist, to inquire [thereby],
Job 21:30that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
Psalms 37:22For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land, and those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for there is a [happy] end to the man of peace.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 2:11-22
The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange… Read the whole commentary →