Proverbs 2:21
For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
BSB
ASV
For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.
KJV
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
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.
They shall dwell and remain for ever in the heavenly Canaan, of which the earthly one was but a type. (2.) Because men's iniquity will be their destruction,
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
leads to
Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
Through
Job 42:12So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
leads to
Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.