Proverbs 2:21
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָשָׁר
yâshâr
straight (literally or figuratively)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
תָּמִים
tâmîym
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁאַר shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
Study H7604 →תָּמִים tâmîym
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
Study H8549 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →Cross References
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
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