Proverbs 2:22

Proverbs 2:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
• New International Version (NIV)but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.

Context of Proverbs 2:22

20So you will walk in the way of good people And keep to the paths of the righteous. 21For the upright will live in the land, And the blameless will remain in it; But the wicked will be eliminated from the land, And the treacherous will be torn away from it.

Proverbs 2:22 word by word

וּ֭רְשָׁעִים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים יִסְּח֥וּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ פRead the interlinear

• the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• will be eliminatedכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• from the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• the treacherousבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
• tornנָסַחnâsach · to pullH5255

Cross-references for Proverbs 2:22

• Proverbs 5:22His own wrongdoings will trap the wicked, And he will be held by the ropes of his sin.
• Job 18:16His roots are dried below, And his branch withers above.
• Job 21:30For the wicked person is spared a day of disaster; They are led away from a day of fury.
• Psalms 37:20But the wicked will perish; And the enemies of the Lord will be like the glory of the pastures, They vanish--like smoke they vanish away.
• Psalms 52:5But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
• Psalms 104:35May sinners be removed from the earth And may the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, my soul. Praise the Lord!
• Psalms 145:20The Lord watches over all who love Him, But He will destroy all the wicked.
• Isaiah 3:10Say to the righteous that it will go well for them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions.
• Deuteronomy 7:22And the Lord your God will drive away these nations from you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, otherwise the wild animals would become too numerous for you.
• Deuteronomy 28:64Furthermore, the Lord will scatter you among all the peoples, from one end of the earth to the other; and there you will serve other gods, made of wood and stone, which you and your fathers have not known.

Commentaries on Proverbs 2:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Transgressors - בוגדים bogedim . The garment men, the hypocrites; those who act borrowed characters, who go under a eloak; dissemblers. All such shall be rooted out of the land; they shall not be blessed with posterity. In general it is so: and were it not so, one evil offspring succeeding another, adding their own to their predecessors' vices, the earth would become so exceedingly corrupt that a second flood, or a fire, would be necessary to purge it.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

Topics related to Proverbs 2:22

• Chastity
• Death
• Wicked (People)
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Hezekiah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of
• faithless, unfaithful, unfaithfulness

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