Proverbs 2:21
For the upright inhabit the earth, || And the perfect are left in it,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
In Context
20That you go in the way of the good, || And keep the paths of the righteous.
22And the wicked are cut off from the earth, || And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!
Cross References
Job 42:12And YHWH has blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he has fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and one thousand pairs of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.
Psalms 37:9For evildoers are cut off, || As for those waiting on YHWH, they possess the land.
Psalms 37:18YHWH knows the days of the perfect, || And their inheritance is for all time.
Psalms 37:29The righteous possess the land, || And they dwell on it forever.
Psalms 112:4Light has risen in darkness to the upright, || 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 →