Proverbs 2:21
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
- KJV
- For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
- WEB
- For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
- ASV
- For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.
- DARBY
- For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;
- BLB
- For the upright will dwell in the land, and the blameless ones will remain in it.
- ÅB
- for de oppriktige skal bo i landet, og de ustraffelige skal bli tilbake i det,
- OTB
- For de oppriktige skal bo i landet, og de ulastelige skal bo i det;
- B1930
- for de opriktige skal bo i landet, og de ustraffelige skal bli tilbake i det,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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.
Read in contextPsalms 37:29
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Read in contextPsalms 37:9
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Read in contextProverbs 10:30
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
Read in contextJob 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.
Read in contextPsalms 37:3
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Read in contextPsalms 37:11
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Read in contextPsalms 37:22
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
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