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Proverbs 2:21

כִּֽי ־ יְשָׁרִים יִשְׁכְּנוּ ־ אָרֶץ וּתְמִימִים יִוָּתְרוּ בָֽהּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20לְמַעַן תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבִים וְאָרְחוֹת צַדִּיקִים תִּשְׁמֹֽר ׃

22וּרְשָׁעִים מֵאֶרֶץ יִכָּרֵתוּ וּבוֹגְדִים יִסְּחוּ מִמֶּֽנָּה ׃ פ

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Cross References

Job 42:12וַֽיהוָה בֵּרַךְ אֶת ־ אַחֲרִית אִיּוֹב מֵרֵאשִׁתוֹ וַֽיְהִי ־ לוֹ אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר אֶלֶף צֹאן וְשֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים גְּמַלִּים וְאֶֽלֶף ־ צֶמֶד בָּקָר וְאֶלֶף אֲתוֹנֽוֹת ׃

Psalms 37:9כִּֽי ־ מְרֵעִים יִכָּרֵתוּן וְקֹוֵי יְהוָה הֵמָּה יִֽירְשׁוּ ־ אָֽרֶץ ׃

Psalms 37:18יוֹדֵעַ יְהוָה יְמֵי תְמִימִם וְנַחֲלָתָם לְעוֹלָם תִּהְיֶֽה ׃

Psalms 37:29צַדִּיקִים יִֽירְשׁוּ ־ אָרֶץ וְיִשְׁכְּנוּ לָעַד עָלֶֽיהָ ׃

Psalms 112:4זָרַח בַּחֹשֶׁךְ אוֹר לַיְשָׁרִים חַנּוּן וְרַחוּם וְצַדִּֽיק ׃

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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