Proverbs 2:22

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 52:5 : 5 God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {{Selah
  • Ps 104:35 : 35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. And let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah.
  • Ps 145:20 : 20 Jehovah preserveth all them that love him; But all the wicked will he destroy.
  • Prov 5:22-23 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. 23 He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
  • Prov 10:30 : 30 The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
  • Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him] ; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him] ; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
  • Deut 7:22 : 22 And Jehovah thy God will cast 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.
  • Deut 28:63-64 : 63 And it shall come to pass, that, as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it. 64 And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.
  • Job 18:16-18 : 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
  • Ps 37:20 : 20 But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away.
  • Ps 37:22 : 22 For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
  • Ps 37:37-38 : 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a [happy] end to the man of peace. 38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 2:21
    83%

    21For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.

  • Ps 37:38
    82%

    38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 10:29-31
    3 verses
    81%

    29The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

    30The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

    31The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

  • Ps 37:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.

    10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

  • Ps 92:7
    78%

    7When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

  • Ps 37:2
    77%

    2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

  • Prov 12:7
    76%

    7The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Ps 37:22
    76%

    22For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.

  • Job 18:16
    76%

    16His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

  • Prov 21:7
    75%

    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Ps 52:5
    74%

    5God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {{Selah

  • Ps 101:8
    74%

    8Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.

  • Ps 34:21
    74%

    21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Ps 37:34
    74%

    34Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, And he will exalt thee to inherit the land: When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

  • Prov 21:12
    74%

    12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

  • Prov 14:11
    74%

    11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.

  • Isa 1:28
    74%

    28But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

  • Prov 12:21
    74%

    21There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Prov 12:3
    74%

    3A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

  • Prov 25:5
    74%

    5Take away the wicked [from] before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

  • Prov 12:12
    73%

    12The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit] .

  • Ps 37:27-29
    3 verses
    73%

    27Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.

    28For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

    29The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for ever.

  • Ps 21:10
    73%

    10Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth, And their seed from among the children of men.

  • Prov 11:3
    73%

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Prov 21:18
    73%

    18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous [cometh] in the stead of the upright.

  • Ps 107:34
    73%

    34A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

  • Ps 34:16
    72%

    16The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  • Prov 24:20
    72%

    20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Ps 112:10
    72%

    10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 14:32
    72%

    32The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

  • Ps 1:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Job 8:22
    72%

    22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

  • Ps 140:11
    72%

    11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

  • Isa 29:20
    71%

    20For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

  • Job 21:30
    71%

    30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Ps 125:3
    71%

    3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

  • Ps 129:4
    71%

    4Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

  • Ps 37:32
    71%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

  • Job 22:18
    71%

    18Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Ps 37:12
    71%

    12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.