Proverbs 2:21
For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
In Context
20So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
Cross References
Job 42:12So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
Psalms 37:9For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
Psalms 37:18The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
Psalms 37:29The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
Psalms 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, 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 →