Proverbs 2:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the men of integrity, blameless and complete [in God's sight], shall remain in it;

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²¹ Those who have integrity will dwell in the land; the innocent will remain in it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ For those who are upright shall live upon the earth, and the simple shall continue upon it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it.

Proverbs 2:21 Cross References

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 42:12

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Psalm 37:11

But the meek shall inherit the land; And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Psalm 37:18

The LORD knoweth the days of the perfect: And their inheritance shall be for ever.

Psalm 37:22

For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

Psalm 37:29

The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for ever.

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and follow after faithfulness.

Psalm 37:9

For evil-doers shall be cut off: But those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the land.

Psalm 84:11

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield: The LORD will give grace and glory: No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Proverbs 10:30

The righteous shall never be removed: But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

Proverbs 28:10

Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit: But the perfect shall inherit good.