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Proverbs 2:21

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

Proverbs 2:21 · Bible in Basic English

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Proverbs 2:21 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

WEB World English Bible

For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

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18 For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

19 Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

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

22 But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

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