Proverbs 2:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 52:5 : 5 But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)
  • Ps 104:35 : 35 Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord.
  • Ps 145:20 : 20 The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger; but he will send destruction on all sinners.
  • Prov 5:22-23 : 22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin. 23 He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.
  • Prov 10:30 : 30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.
  • Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways. 11 Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.
  • Deut 7:22 : 22 The Lord your God will send out the nations before you little by little; they are not to be rooted out quickly, for fear that the beasts of the field may be increased overmuch against you.
  • Deut 28:63-64 : 63 And as the Lord took delight in doing you good and increasing you, so the Lord will take pleasure in cutting you off and causing your destruction, and you will be uprooted from the land which you are about to take as your heritage. 64 And the Lord will send you wandering among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other: there you will be servants to other gods, of wood and stone, gods of which you and your fathers had no knowledge.
  • Job 18:16-18 : 16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off. 17 His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name. 18 He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?
  • Ps 37:20 : 20 But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.
  • Ps 37:22 : 22 Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.
  • Ps 37:37-38 : 37 Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace. 38 But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 2:21
    83%

    21 For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

  • Ps 37:38
    82%

    38 But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

  • Prov 10:29-31
    3 verses
    81%

    29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

  • Ps 37:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9 For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

    10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

  • Ps 92:7
    78%

    7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

  • Ps 37:2
    77%

    2 For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.

  • Prov 12:7
    76%

    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Ps 37:22
    76%

    22 Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

  • Job 18:16
    76%

    16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

    6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Prov 21:7
    75%

    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Ps 52:5
    74%

    5 But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

  • Ps 101:8
    74%

    8 Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.

  • Ps 34:21
    74%

    21 Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Ps 37:34
    74%

    34 Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.

  • Prov 21:12
    74%

    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 14:11
    74%

    11 The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

  • Isa 1:28
    74%

    28 But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.

  • Prov 12:21
    74%

    21 No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Prov 12:3
    74%

    3 No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

  • Prov 25:5
    74%

    5 Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

  • Prov 12:12
    73%

    12 The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

  • Ps 37:27-29
    3 verses
    73%

    27 Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

    28 For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

    29 The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

  • Ps 21:10
    73%

    10 Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

  • Prov 11:3
    73%

    3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

  • Prov 21:18
    73%

    18 The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • Ps 107:34
    73%

    34 He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

  • Ps 34:16
    72%

    16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

  • Prov 24:20
    72%

    20 For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

  • Ps 112:10
    72%

    10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

  • Prov 14:32
    72%

    32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Ps 1:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Job 8:22
    72%

    22 Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.

  • Ps 140:11
    72%

    11 Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Isa 29:20
    71%

    20 For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:

  • Job 21:30
    71%

    30 How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

    31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • Ps 125:3
    71%

    3 For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

  • Ps 129:4
    71%

    4 The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

  • Ps 37:32
    71%

    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Job 22:18
    71%

    18 Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

  • Ps 37:12
    71%

    12 The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.