Proverbs 2:21
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
In Context
20that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.
22but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.
Cross References
Job 42:12And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
Psalms 37:9For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait on Jehovah, they shall possess the land.
Psalms 37:18Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever:
Psalms 37:29The righteous shall possess the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Psalms 112:4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.
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 →