Proverbs 2:21

For the yesharim (upright ones) shall dwell in the land, 1 and the tamimim (blameless, faultless ones) shall remain in it. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20That thou mayest walk in the derech tovim, 1 and be shomer over the orkhot tzaddikim (paths of the righteous). 1

22But the resha'im shall be cut off from ha'aretz, 1 and the bogedim (treacherous ones) shall be rooted out of it.

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Cross References

Job 42:12So Hashem blessed the acharit (latter end) of Iyov more than his reshit; for he had fourteen thousand tzon, and six thousand gemalim, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys.

Psalms 37:9For evildoers shall be cut off; 1 but those that wait upon Hashem, they shall inherit the Eretz (land). 1

Psalms 37:18Hashem knoweth the yamim of the temimim (blameless ones); 1 and their nachalah (inheritance) shall be l'olam (forever). 1

Psalms 37:29The tzaddikim shall inherit Eretz, 1 and dwell therein forever. 1

Psalms 112:4Unto the Yesharim (upright ones) there ariseth ohr in the choshech; 1 he is channun, and rachum, and tzaddik. 1

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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