Proverbs 2:21
For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
In Context
20That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
22And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!
Cross References
Job 42:12And Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
Psalms 37:9For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.
Psalms 37:18Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is — to the age.
Psalms 37:29The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.
Psalms 112:4Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, 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 →