Proverbs 2:21
For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
In Context
20That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just.
Cross References
Job 42:12And the Lord 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 the evildoers shall be cut off : but they that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the land.
Psalms 37:18The Lord knoweth the days of undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
Psalms 37:29But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for evermore.
Psalms 112:4To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and just.
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 →