Proverbs 2:21 · KJV
“For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.”
— Proverbs 2:21
That thou mayest walk in the way of good {men}, and keep the paths of the righteous.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. {rooted: or, plucked up}
Proverbs 2 — Context
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good {men}, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. {rooted: or, plucked up}
Cross References
Psalms 84:11
For the LORD God {is} a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good {thing} will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Psalms 37:29
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Psalms 37:9
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Proverbs 10:30
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
Job 42:12
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Psalms 37:22
For {such as be} blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and {they that be} cursed of him shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:11
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms 37:3
Trust in the LORD, and do good; {so} shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. {verily: Heb. in truth, or, stableness}