God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 2:21
21Decent people will live in the land. People of integrity will remain in it.
Proverbs 2:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
- New International Version (NIV)For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;
Context of Proverbs 2:21
19None who have sex with her come back. Nor do they ever reach the paths of life. 20So walk in the way of good people and stay on the paths of righteous people. Decent people will live in the land. People of integrity will remain in it. 22But wicked people will be cut off from the land and treacherous people will be torn from it.
Read all of Proverbs 2Proverbs 2:21 word by word
כִּֽי־יְשָׁרִ֥ים יִשְׁכְּנוּ אָ֑רֶץ וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים יִוָּ֥תְרוּ בָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 2:21
- Job 1:1A man named Job lived in Uz. He was a man of integrity: He was decent, he feared God, and he stayed away from evil.
- Job 42:12The Lord blessed the latter years of Job’s life more than the earlier years. He had 14,000 sheep and goats, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 donkeys.
- Psalms 37:3Trust the Lord, and do good things. Live in the land, and practice being faithful.
- Psalms 84:11The Lord God is a sun and shield. The Lord grants favor and honor. He does not hold back any blessing from those who live innocently.
- Psalms 112:4Light will shine in the dark for a decent person. He is merciful, compassionate, and fair.
Commentaries on Proverbs 2:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Noticeable here is the Hebrew love of home and love of country. To “dwell in the land” is (compare Exodus 20:12; Leviticus 25:18, etc.) the highest blessing for the whole people and for individual men. contrast with it is the life of the sinner cut off from the land (not “earth”) of his fathers.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 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 such ways! They take pleasure…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-22Those who make wise choices will live in the land; those who do not will be evicted. God gave the land of Israel to his people, but they could only stay if they followed God's commands (Deuteronomy 28:9–11, 64–68). Because they broke his law, they were expelled in 586 BC (see 2 Kings 25:1–30; 2 Chronicles 36:15–21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2221-22. (Compare Psa 37:3, 9, 22, 27).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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