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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Referenced Verses

  • 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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  • Prov 2:21
    83%

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

  • Ps 37:38
    82%

    38But the transgressors shall be destroyed altogether; the future 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 brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

  • Ps 37:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

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

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

  • Ps 92:7
    78%

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

  • Ps 37:2
    77%

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

  • Prov 12:7
    76%

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

  • Ps 37:22
    76%

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

  • Job 18:16
    76%

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

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5The righteousness of the blameless 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 captured by their own evil.

  • Prov 21:7
    75%

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

  • Ps 52:5
    74%

    5God 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 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 those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Ps 37:34
    74%

    34Wait 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.

  • Prov 21:12
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:11
    74%

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

  • Isa 1:28
    74%

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

  • Prov 12:21
    74%

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

  • Prov 12:3
    74%

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

  • Prov 25:5
    74%

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

  • Prov 12:12
    73%

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

  • Ps 37:27-29
    3 verses
    73%

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

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

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

  • Ps 21:10
    73%

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

  • Prov 11:3
    73%

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness 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 those who dwell therein.

  • Ps 34:16
    72%

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

  • Prov 24:20
    72%

    20For there shall be no reward for 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 his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 14:32
    72%

    32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has 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 knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Job 8:22
    72%

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

  • 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%

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

  • Isa 29:20
    71%

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

  • Job 21:30
    71%

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

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

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

  • Ps 125:3
    71%

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

  • Ps 129:4
    71%

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

  • Ps 37:32
    71%

    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek 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 plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth.