Proverbs 2:22

World English Bible (2000)

But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 52:5 : 5 God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
  • Ps 104:35 : 35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!
  • Ps 145:20 : 20 Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
  • Prov 5:22-23 : 22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. 23 He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
  • Prov 10:30 : 30 The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
  • Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. 11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
  • Deut 7:22 : 22 Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.
  • Deut 28:63-64 : 63 It shall happen that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Yahweh will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and you shall be plucked from off the land where you go in to possess it. 64 Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.
  • Job 18:16-18 : 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His memory shall perish from the earth. 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 evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
  • Ps 37:20 : 20 But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish-- vanish like smoke.
  • Ps 37:22 : 22 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
  • Ps 37:37-38 : 37 Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. 38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 2:21
    83%

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

  • Ps 37:38
    82%

    38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 10:29-31
    3 verses
    81%

    29 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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

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

  • Ps 37:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

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

    10 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

  • Ps 92:7
    78%

    7 though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

  • Ps 37:2
    77%

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

  • Prov 12:7
    76%

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

  • Ps 37:22
    76%

    22 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • Job 18:16
    76%

    16 His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

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

    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

  • Prov 21:7
    75%

    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Ps 52:5
    74%

    5 God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • Ps 101:8
    74%

    8 Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh's city. A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh.

  • Ps 34:21
    74%

    21 Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Ps 37:34
    74%

    34 Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

  • Prov 21:12
    74%

    12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Prov 14:11
    74%

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

  • Isa 1:28
    74%

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

  • Prov 12:21
    74%

    21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Prov 12:3
    74%

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

  • Prov 25:5
    74%

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

  • Prov 12:12
    73%

    12 The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Ps 37:27-29
    3 verses
    73%

    27 Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

    28 For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

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

  • Ps 21:10
    73%

    10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men.

  • Prov 11:3
    73%

    3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Prov 21:18
    73%

    18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

  • Ps 107:34
    73%

    34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

  • Ps 34:16
    72%

    16 Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

  • Prov 24:20
    72%

    20 for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

  • Ps 112:10
    72%

    10 The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

  • Prov 14:32
    72%

    32 The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

  • Ps 1:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

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

    6 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Job 8:22
    72%

    22 Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more."

  • Ps 140:11
    72%

    11 An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

  • Isa 29:20
    71%

    20 For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off--

  • Job 21:30
    71%

    30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

    31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Ps 125:3
    71%

    3 For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

  • Ps 129:4
    71%

    4 Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

  • Ps 37:32
    71%

    32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

  • Job 22:18
    71%

    18 Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Ps 37:12
    71%

    12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.