Proverbs 2:21
For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
In Context
20So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
22But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.
Cross References
Job 42:12And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
Psalms 37:9For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.
Psalms 37:18The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever.
Psalms 37:29The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.
Psalms 112:4For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.
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 →