Proverbs 2:21
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Proverbs 2:21 in other translations
| BSB | For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it; |
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| 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. |
| YLT | For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it, |
| DARBY | For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it; |
| BBE | For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage. |
| Webster | For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. |
What does Proverbs 2:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 2:21-22
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 2:10-22
If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will preserve, both against corruptions within and temptations without. The ways of sin are ways of darkness, uncomfortable and unsafe: what fools are those who leave the plain, pleasant, lightsome paths of uprightness, to walk in…
Proverbs 2:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 2:21
- 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 37:3
Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
- Psalms 37:11
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
- 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.
- Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
- Psalms 112:4-6
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
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Context
- Proverbs 2:20
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
- Proverbs 2:21
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
- Proverbs 2:22
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Proverbs 2:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque los rectos habitarán la tierra, y los perfectos permanecerán en ella; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car les hommes droits habiteront le pays, et les hommes intègres y demeureront de reste; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn die Aufrichtigen werden das Land bewohnen, und die Vollkommenen darin übrigbleiben; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea; |