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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
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. 21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Read all of Proverbs 2Proverbs 2:22 word by word
וּ֭רְשָׁעִים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים יִסְּח֥וּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 2:22
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
- Job 18:16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
- Job 21:30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
- Psalms 37:20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
- Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
- Psalms 104:35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
- Psalms 145:20The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
- Isaiah 3:10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him : for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- Deuteronomy 7:22And the LORD thy God will drive out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
- Deuteronomy 28:64And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even to the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even 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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Notes
- 1. Proverbs 2:22 rooted: or, plucked up ↩
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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