Proverbs 2:22

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
  • Ps 104:35 : 35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
  • Ps 145:20 : 20 The LORD 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 himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall die without 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 inhabit the earth.
  • Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say ye to 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 the reward of his hands shall be given him.
  • Deut 7:22 : 22 And the LORD thy God will put 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 the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, 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 wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
  • Ps 37:20 : 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
  • Ps 37:22 : 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loveth judgment, 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 the end of that man is peace. 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Ps 37:38
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    38But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 10:29-31
    3 verses
    81%

    29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

    30The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

    31The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

  • Ps 37:9-10
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    9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

    10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it 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 be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be 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 transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

  • Prov 21:7
    75%

    7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • Ps 52:5
    74%

    5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • Ps 101:8
    74%

    8I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

  • Ps 34:21
    74%

    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Ps 37:34
    74%

    34Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

  • Prov 21:12
    74%

    12The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 14:11
    74%

    11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

  • Isa 1:28
    74%

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

  • Prov 12:21
    74%

    21There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

  • 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 the LORD loveth judgment, 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 shalt 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 transgressors shall destroy them.

  • Prov 21:18
    73%

    18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • Ps 107:34
    73%

    34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

  • Ps 34:16
    72%

    16The face of the LORD 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 candle 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 driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • Ps 1:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Job 8:22
    72%

    22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

  • Ps 140:11
    72%

    11Let not an evil speaker 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 dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

  • Isa 29:20
    71%

    20For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

  • Job 21:30
    71%

    30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

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

  • Ps 125:3
    71%

    3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

  • Ps 129:4
    71%

    4The LORD 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.