Proverbs 2:22
But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the treacherous shall be plucked up therefrom.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
In Context
21For the upright will dwell on the earth, and the perfect will be left remaining on it.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:22And the Lord thy God will chase out these nations before thee, little by little: thou shalt not be able to make an end of them speedily, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
Deuteronomy 29:20(29:19) The Lord will not pardon him; but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and there shall rest upon him all the curse that is written in this book; and the Lord will blot out his name from under the heavens.
1 Chronicles 10:13And [so] died Saul for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against the Lord, because of the word of the Lord which he had not kept, and also for asking one of a familiar spirit to inquire of the same;
Job 21:30That the bad man is reserved for the day of calamity, [that the wicked] are carried forward to the day of wrath.
Psalms 37:22For those blessed of him shall inherit the land; and those cursed of him shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:37Observe the perfect man, and behold the upright; for there is a [happy] future for the man of peace.
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 →