New King James Version
Proverbs 2:22
22But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.
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 Living Translation (NLT)But the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted.
Context of Proverbs 2:22
20So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness. 21For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it; But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.
Read all of Proverbs 2Proverbs 2:22 word by word
וּ֭רְשָׁעִים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים יִסְּח֥וּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 2:22
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
- Job 18:16His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above.
- Job 21:30For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
- Psalms 37:20But the wicked shall perish; And the enemies of the Lord, Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish. Into smoke they shall vanish away.
- Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- Psalms 104:35May sinners be consumed from the earth, And the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!
- Psalms 145:20The Lord preserves all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy.
- Isaiah 3:10“Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- Deuteronomy 7:22And the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you little by little; you will be unable to destroy them at once, lest the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
- Deuteronomy 28:64“Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known—wood and stone.
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
In the dictionaries
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
New King James Version — © 1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc
Commentaries