Proverbs 2:22
But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
World English Bible British
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 in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:22The LORD your God will cast out those nations before you little by little. You may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.
Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will not pardon him, but then the LORD’s anger and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book will fall on him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under the sky.
1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the LORD’s word, which he didn’t keep, and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to enquire,
Job 21:30that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?
Psalms 37:22For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a 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 →