Proverbs 2:21 Parallel Translations

Psalm 37:9 For evildoers will be cut off, But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land.

Psalm 37:29 The righteous will inherit the land And dwell in it forever.

Proverbs 10:30 The righteous will never be shaken, But the wicked will not dwell in the land.

Proverbs 28:10 He who leads the upright astray in an evil way Will himself fall into his own pit, But the blameless will inherit good. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the {o} land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
(o) They will enjoy the temporal and spiritual promises of God, as the wicked will be void of them.

MHC:

2:10-22 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 in sin; both in committing it, and in seeing others commit it. Every wise man will shun such company. True wisdom will also preserve from those who lead to fleshly lusts, which defile the body, that living temple, and war against the soul. These are evils which excite the sorrow of every serious mind, and cause every reflecting parent to look upon his children with anxiety, lest they should be entangled in such fatal snares. Let the sufferings of others be our warnings. Our Lord Jesus deters from sinful pleasures, by the everlasting torments which follow them. It is very rare that any who are caught in this snare of the devil, recover themselves; so much is the heart hardened, and the mind blinded, by the deceitfulness of this sin. Many think that this caution, besides the literal sense, is to be understood as a caution against idolatry, and subjecting the soul to the body, by seeking any forbidden object. The righteous must leave the earth as well as the wicked; but the earth is a very different thing to them. To the wicked it is all the heaven they ever shall have; to the righteous it is the place of preparation for heaven. And is it all one to us, whether we share with the wicked in the miseries of their latter end, or share those everlasting joys that shall crown believers?

CONC:

Blameless Dwell Heritage Inhabit Integrity Perfect Upright Whole-hearted

Blameless Dwell Earth Good Heritage Inhabit Integrity Live Perfect Upright Whole-Hearted

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