Devine Scripture

Proverbs 2:21

Proverbs chapter 2 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

v.21This passage

v.22But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 37:9

    For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.

  • Psalms 84:11

    For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  • Psalms 37:3

    Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed onhisfaithfulness.

  • Job 42:12

    So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

  • Proverbs 10:30

    The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

  • Psalms 37:22

    For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.