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Selected Verse: Proverbs 2:21 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 2:21 |
King James |
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (Compare Psa 37:3, Psa 37:9, Psa 37:22, Psa 37:27). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Noticeable here is the Hebrew love of home and love of country. To "dwell in the land" is (compare Exo 20:12; Lev 25:18, etc.) the highest blessing for the whole people and for individual men. contrast with it is the life of the sinner cut off from the land (not "earth") of his fathers. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
perfect
(See Scofield) - (Kg1 8:61). |
27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.