Proverbs 2:21

Bible in Basic English 1965

For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

Cross References

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.

Job 42:12

And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Psalm 37:11

But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.

Psalm 37:18

The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever.

Psalm 37:22

Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

Psalm 37:29

The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

Psalm 37:3

Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.

Psalm 37:9

For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

Psalm 84:11

The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

Proverbs 10:30

The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

Proverbs 28:10

Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.