Proverbs 2:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy you forever, He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you 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 the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD.
  • Ps 145:20 : 20 The LORD preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
  • Prov 5:22-23 : 22 His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held 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 to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.
  • Deut 7:22 : 22 And the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little: you may not consume them all at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon you.
  • 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 nothing; and you shall be plucked from off the land where you go to possess it. 64 And the LORD shall scatter you among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known, even wood and stone.
  • Job 18:16-18 : 16 His roots shall be dried up below, and above his branch shall be cut off. 17 His memory 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 for 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 they shall vanish away.
  • Ps 37:22 : 22 For those blessed by him shall inherit the earth, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
  • Ps 37:37-38 : 37 Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright, for the end of that man is peace. 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed altogether; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed altogether; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • 81%

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

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

    31 The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

  • Ps 37:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9 For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

    10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; yes, you shall look for his place, and it shall not be.

  • 7 When the wicked spring up like the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is so they may be destroyed forever.

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

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

  • 22 For those blessed by him shall inherit the earth, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • 16 His roots shall be dried up below, and above his branch shall be cut off.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but transgressors shall be captured by their own evil.

  • 7 The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • 5 God shall likewise destroy you forever, He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

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

  • 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • 34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

  • 12 The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

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

  • 28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

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

  • 3 A man will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.

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

  • 12 The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

  • Ps 37:27-29
    3 verses
    73%

    27 Depart from evil and do good, and live forevermore.

    28 For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.

    29 The righteous shall inherit the land and live in it forever.

  • 10 You shall destroy their offspring from the earth, and their descendants from among the children of men.

  • 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them.

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

  • 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.

  • 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

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

  • 10 The wicked shall see it and be grieved; he shall gnash his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • 32 The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

  • Ps 1:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

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

    6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • 22 Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nothing.

  • 11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • 15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • 20 For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

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

  • 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.

  • 3 For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous extend their hands to wrongdoing.

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

  • 32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • 18 Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 12 The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth.