Proverbs 2:22
But the wicked will be cut off from the land, 1 and the faithless will be cut off from it.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 those doing right will make a home in the land, 1 and those with integrity will remain in it. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:22Yahweh your God will drive out those nations before you little by little. You will not defeat them all at once, or the wild animals would become very many around you.
Deuteronomy 29:20Yahweh will not pardon him, but instead, the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smolder against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book will come on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under heaven.
1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died because he was unfaithful to Yahweh. He did not obey Yahweh's instructions, but asked for advice from someone who talked with the dead.
Job 21:30that the wicked man is kept from the day of calamity, 1 and that he is led away from the day of wrath? 1
Psalms 37:22Those who are blessed by God will inherit the land; 1 those who are cursed by him will be cut off. 1
Psalms 37:37Observe the man of integrity, and mark the upright; 1 there is a good future for a man of peace. 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 →