Proverbs 2:21

For the upright shall dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind in it.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

In Context

20For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness + 2:20 Gr. smooth.easy.

22The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, and transgressors shall be driven away from it.

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Cross References

Job 42:12And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, more than the beginning: and his cattle were fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, a thousand she-asses of the pastures.

Psalms 37:9I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart.

Psalms 37:18For I am ready for + 37:18 Gr. scourges.plagues, and my grief is continually before me.

Psalms 112:4The Lord is high above all the nations; his glory is 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 →

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