Proverbs 2:21
For the upright will dwell on the earth, and the perfect will be left remaining on it.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
In Context
20In order that thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and observe the paths of the righteous.
22But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the treacherous shall be plucked up therefrom.
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 evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait upon the Lord, these—shall truly inherit the land.
Psalms 37:18The Lord regardeth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall endure for ever.
Psalms 37:29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell for ever therein.
Psalms 112:4There ariseth in the darkness a light to the upright: 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 →