Proverbs Chapter 11

{11:1} A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.

{11:2} [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.

{11:3} The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

{11:4} Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

{11:5} The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

{11:6} The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.

{11:7} When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.

{11:8} The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

{11:9} An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

{11:10} When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.

{11:11} By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

{11:12} He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

{11:13} A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

{11:14} Where no counsel [is,] the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.

{11:15} He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it:] and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

{11:16} A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong [men] retain riches.

{11:17} The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.

{11:18} The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.

{11:19} As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.

{11:20} They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight.

{11:21} [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

{11:22} [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.

{11:23} The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

{11:24} There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.

{11:25} The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

{11:26} He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it. ]

{11:27} He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

{11:28} He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

{11:29} He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.

{11:30} The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.

{11:31} Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Proverbs Chapter 10

{10:1} The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.

{10:2} Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

{10:3} The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

{10:4} He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

{10:5} He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.

{10:6} Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

{10:7} The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

{10:8} The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

{10:9} He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

{10:10} He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

{10:11} The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

{10:12} Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

{10:13} In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.

{10:14} Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

{10:15} The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.

{10:16} The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

{10:17} He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

{10:18} He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

{10:19} In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

{10:20} The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.

{10:21} The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

{10:22} The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

{10:23} [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

{10:24} The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

{10:25} As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more:] but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.

{10:26} As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.

{10:27} The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

{10:28} The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

{10:29} The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

{10:30} The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

{10:31} The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

{10:32} The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.

Proverbs Chapter 9

{9:1} Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

{9:2} She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

{9:3} She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

{9:4} Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

{9:5} Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.

{9:6} Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

{9:7} He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.

{9:8} Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

{9:9} Give [instruction] to a wise [man,] and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man,] and he will increase in learning.

{9:10} The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.

{9:11} For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

{9:12} If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it.]

{9:13} A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

{9:14} For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

{9:15} To call passengers who go right on their ways:

{9:16} Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

{9:17} Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.

{9:18} But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.

Proverbs Chapter 8

{8:1} Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

{8:2} She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

{8:3} She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

{8:4} Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man.

{8:5} O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

{8:6} Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.

{8:7} For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

{8:8} All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing froward or perverse in them.

{8:9} They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

{8:10} Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

{8:11} For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

{8:12} I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

{8:13} The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

{8:14} Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.

{8:15} By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

{8:16} By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.

{8:17} I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

{8:18} Riches and honour [are] with me; [yea,] durable riches and righteousness.

{8:19} My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

{8:20} I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

{8:21} That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

{8:22} The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

{8:23} I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

{8:24} When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when [there were] no fountains abounding with water.

{8:25} Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

{8:26} While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

{8:27} When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

{8:28} When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

{8:29} When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

{8:30} Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him:] and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;

{8:31} Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights [were] with the sons of men.

{8:32} Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed [are they that] keep my ways.

{8:33} Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

{8:34} Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

{8:35} For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

{8:36} But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Proverbs Chapter 7

{7:1} My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

{7:2} Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

{7:3} Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

{7:4} Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:

{7:5} That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.

{7:6} For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

{7:7} And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

{7:8} Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

{7:9} In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

{7:10} And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

{7:11} (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

{7:12} Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

{7:13} So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said unto him,

{7:14} [I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

{7:15} Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

{7:16} I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works,] with fine linen of Egypt.

{7:17} I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

{7:18} Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

{7:19} For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:

{7:20} He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.

{7:21} With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

{7:22} He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

{7:23} Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.

{7:24} Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

{7:25} Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

{7:26} For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.

{7:27} Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs Chapter 6

{6:1} My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

{6:2} Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

{6:3} Do this now, my son, deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

{6:4} Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

{6:5} Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter,] and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

{6:6} Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

{6:7} Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

{6:8} Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.

{6:9} How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

{6:10} [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

{6:11} So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

{6:12} A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

{6:13} He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

{6:14} Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

{6:15} Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

{6:16} These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:

{6:17} A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

{6:18} An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

{6:19} A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

{6:20} My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

{6:21} Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.

{6:22} When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

{6:23} For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:

{6:24} To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

{6:25} Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

{6:26} For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

{6:27} Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

{6:28} Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

{6:29} So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

{6:30} [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

{6:31} But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

{6:32} [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

{6:33} A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

{6:34} For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

{6:35} He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

Proverbs Chapter 5

{5:1} My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:

{5:2} That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.

{5:3} For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:

{5:4} But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

{5:5} Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

{5:6} Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them.]

{5:7} Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

{5:8} Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

{5:9} Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

{5:10} Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;

{5:11} And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

{5:12} And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

{5:13} And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

{5:14} I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

{5:15} Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

{5:16} Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.

{5:17} Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

{5:18} Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

{5:19} [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

{5:20} And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

{5:21} For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

{5:22} His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

{5:23} He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Proverbs Chapter 4

{4:1} Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

{4:2} For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

{4:3} For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.

{4:4} He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

{4:5} Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

{4:6} Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

{4:7} Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

{4:8} Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

{4:9} She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

{4:10} Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

{4:11} I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

{4:12} When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

{4:13} Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.

{4:14} Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men. ]

{4:15} Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

{4:16} For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

{4:17} For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

{4:18} But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

{4:19} The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

{4:20} My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

{4:21} Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

{4:22} For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

{4:23} Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.

{4:24} Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

{4:25} Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

{4:26} Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

{4:27} Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

Proverbs Chapter 3

{3:1} My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

{3:2} For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

{3:3} Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

{3:4} So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

{3:5} Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

{3:6} In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

{3:7} Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

{3:8} It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

{3:9} Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

{3:10} So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

{3:11} My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

{3:12} For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.

{3:13} Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.

{3:14} For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

{3:15} She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

{3:16} Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.

{3:17} Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.

{3:18} She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.

{3:19} The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

{3:20} By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

{3:21} My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

{3:22} So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

{3:23} Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

{3:24} When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

{3:25} Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

{3:26} For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

{3:27} Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it. ]

{3:28} Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

{3:29} Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

{3:30} Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

{3:31} Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

{3:32} For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous.

{3:33} The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

{3:34} Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

{3:35} The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Proverbs Chapter 2

{2:1} My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

{2:2} So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;

{2:3} Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;

{2:4} If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;

{2:5} Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

{2:6} For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.

{2:7} He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

{2:8} He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

{2:9} Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea,] every good path.

{2:10} When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

{2:11} Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

{2:12} To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man,] from the man that speaketh froward things;

{2:13} Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

{2:14} Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

{2:15} Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:

{2:16} To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;

{2:17} Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

{2:18} For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

{2:19} None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

{2:20} That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men,] and keep the paths of the righteous.

{2:21} For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

{2:22} But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.