Proverbs 2:21

For, the upright, shall abide on the earth,—and, the men of integrity, shall remain therein;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20To the end that thou walk in the way of good men, and, the paths of the righteous, that thou observe.

22But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall be cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.

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Cross References

Job 42:12And, Yahweh, blessed the latter end of Job, more than his beginning,—and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Psalms 37:9For, evil doers, shall be cut off, but, as for them who wait for Yahweh, they, shall inherit the earth.

Psalms 37:18Yahweh knoweth the days of the blameless, that, their inheritance, unto times age-abiding, shall continue.

Psalms 37:29The righteous, shall inherit the earth, that they may settle down, to futurity, thereupon.

Psalms 112:4Risen—in darkness, is light to the upright, The gracious and compassionate 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 →

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