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Proverbs 2:21

Proverbs 2:21 is verse 21 of Proverbs chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

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King James Version

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

World English Bible

For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

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Proverbs 2:19–22 · Berean Standard Bible

19 None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

20 So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

Job 42:12

So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

Psalms 37:3

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Psalms 37:9

For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

Psalms 37:11

But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.

Psalms 37:22

Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.

Psalms 37:29

The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

Psalms 84:11

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

Psalms 112:4

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

Psalms 112:5

It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.

Psalms 112:6

Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.

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