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Proverbs 2:20–22

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20Thus you will walk in the ways of the good

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

21For the upright will live in the land,t

and the blameless will remain in it;

22but the wickedu will be cut off from the land,v

and the unfaithful will be torn from it.w

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  1. tSee Ps 37:29
  2. uSee Ps 5:4
  3. vSee Job 18:17
  4. wDt 28:63; See 29:28; Ps 37:9, 28–29; Pr 10:30

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

So you will walk in the way of the good

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will inhabit the land,

and those with integrity will remain in it,

but the wicked will be cut off from the land,

and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So follow the way of the good,

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will inhabit the land,

and those of integrity will remain in it;

but the wicked will be cut off from the land,

and the treacherous ripped out of it.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

So follow the steps of the good,

and stay on the paths of the righteous.

For only the godly will live in the land,

and those with integrity will remain in it.

But the wicked will be removed from the land,

and the treacherous will be uprooted.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So that you will walk on the road of those who are good,

and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.

For those who are upright will dwell in the land,

and those who are blameless will remain in it.

And those who are wicked will be cut off from the land,

and those who are treacherous will be uprooted from it.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,

And keep the paths of the righteous.

For the upright shall dwell in the land,

And the perfect shall remain in it.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth,

And the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

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