Proverbs 2:21
For they that are upright, shall dwell in the earth; and the simple shall continue in it.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 37:9I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly: I roared with the groaning of my heart.
Psalms 37:18For I am ready for scourges: and my sorrow is continually before me.
Psalms 112:4The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens.
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 →