Proverbs 2:22

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But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

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  • Ps 52:5 : 5 You love evil more than good, and falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
  • Ps 104:35 : 35 May sinners vanish from the earth, and may the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, my soul. Hallelujah!
  • Ps 145:20 : 20 The LORD watches over all who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.
  • Prov 5:22-23 : 22 The wicked will be caught by his own iniquities, and he will be held fast by the cords of his sin. 23 He will die for lack of discipline, and in the abundance of his folly, he will go astray.
  • Prov 10:30 : 30 The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
  • Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Tell the righteous that it will go well for them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds. 11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; they will be repaid for their deeds.
  • Deut 7:22 : 22 The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.
  • Deut 28:63-64 : 63 Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so it will please Him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess. 64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.
  • Job 18:16-18 : 16 His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither. 17 His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the public square. 18 He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?
  • Ps 37:20 : 20 For the wicked will perish, and the enemies of the LORD will vanish like the splendor of the meadows; they will disappear like smoke.
  • Ps 37:22 : 22 For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His faithful ones. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
  • Ps 37:37-38 : 37 Observe the blameless and consider the upright, for there is a future for the person of peace. 38 But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 21For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it.

  • 38But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

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    29The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, but it is ruin to evildoers.

    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut off.

  • Ps 37:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD will inherit the land.

    10In a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

  • 7A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:

  • 2For they will soon wither like grass and fade like green plants.

  • 7The wicked are overthrown and no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.

  • 22For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.

  • 16His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5The righteousness of the blameless makes their path straight, but the wicked fall because of their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

  • 7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • 5You love evil more than good, and falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.

  • 8Each morning, I will silence all the wicked of the land, cutting off every evildoer from the city of the Lord.

  • 21He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

  • 34Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.

  • 12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

  • 11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • 28But rebels and sinners will be destroyed together, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

  • 21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • 3No one can be established by wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

  • 5Remove the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

  • 12The wicked desire the plunder of evildoers, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Ps 37:27-29
    3 verses
    73%

    27Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will dwell forever.

    28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His faithful ones. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

    29The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

  • 10You will make them like a fiery furnace in the time of Your presence; the LORD will swallow them in His anger, and fire will consume them.

  • 3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • 18The wicked serve as a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous for the upright.

  • 34and a fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.

  • 16The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.

  • 20For the wicked have no future; the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.

  • 10The wicked will see it and be angry; they will gnash their teeth and melt away. The desires of the wicked will perish.

  • 32The wicked are brought down by their own evil, but the righteous take refuge when they die.

  • Ps 1:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Therefore, the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

  • 22Your enemies will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.

  • 11May burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.

  • 15Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • 20For the ruthless will vanish, the scoffer will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut off.

  • 30That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?

  • 31If the righteous are repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • 3For the scepter of the wicked will not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong.

  • 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut the cords of the wicked.

  • 32The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • 18Yet it was He who filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 12The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.