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Proverbs 2:22
22But the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted.
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 follow the steps of the good, and stay on the paths of the righteous. 21For only the godly will live in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it. But the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted.
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 5:22An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him.
- Job 18:16Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.
- Job 21:30Evil people are spared in times of calamity and are allowed to escape disaster.
- Psalms 37:20But the wicked will die. The Lord’s enemies are like flowers in a field— they will disappear like smoke.
- Psalms 52:5But God will strike you down once and for all. He will pull you from your home and uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude
- Psalms 104:35Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth; let the wicked disappear forever. Let all that I am praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
- Psalms 145:20The Lord protects all those who love him, but he destroys the wicked.
- Isaiah 3:10Tell the godly that all will be well for them. They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!
- Deuteronomy 7:22The Lord your God will drive those nations out ahead of you little by little. You will not clear them away all at once, otherwise the wild animals would multiply too quickly for you.
- Deuteronomy 28:64For the Lord will scatter you among all the nations from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship foreign gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods made of 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
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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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