Proverbs 2:22

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

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Read Proverbs 2:22 in the flow of Proverbs2 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs2 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 2:22 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 7:22The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
  2. Deuteronomy 28:63Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
  3. Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
  4. 1 Kings 14:14Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!
  5. 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
  6. Job 18:16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
  7. Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
  8. Psalms 37:20But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
  9. Psalms 37:22Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
  10. Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
  11. Psalms 37:37Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
  12. Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
  13. Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
  14. Psalms 104:35May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!
  15. Psalms 145:20The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
  16. Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
  17. Proverbs 10:30The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
  18. Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

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