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

Other Translations of Proverbs 2:22

New International Version

22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

English Standard Version

22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.

The Message

22 The corrupt will lose their lives; the dishonest will be gone for good.

New King James Version

22 But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.

New Living Translation

22 But the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 2:22

Commentary on Proverbs 2:10-22

(Read Proverbs 2:10-22)

If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will preserve, both against corruptions within and temptations without. The ways of sin are ways of darkness, uncomfortable and unsafe: what fools are those who leave the plain, pleasant, lightsome paths of uprightness, to walk in such ways! They take pleasure in sin; both in committing it, and in seeing others commit it. Every wise man will shun such company. True wisdom will also preserve from those who lead to fleshly lusts, which defile the body, that living temple, and war against the soul. These are evils which excite the sorrow of every serious mind, and cause every reflecting parent to look upon his children with anxiety, lest they should be entangled in such fatal snares. Let the sufferings of others be our warnings. Our Lord Jesus deters from sinful pleasures, by the everlasting torments which follow them. It is very rare that any who are caught in this snare of the devil, recover themselves; so much is the heart hardened, and the mind blinded, by the deceitfulness of this sin. Many think that this caution, besides the literal sense, is to be understood as a caution against idolatry, and subjecting the soul to the body, by seeking any forbidden object. The righteous must leave the earth as well as the wicked; but the earth is a very different thing to them. To the wicked it is all the heaven they ever shall have; to the righteous it is the place of preparation for heaven. And is it all one to us, whether we share with the wicked in the miseries of their latter end, or share those everlasting joys that shall crown believers?

7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Other Translations of Proverbs 12:7

New International Version

7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.

English Standard Version

7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

The Message

7 Wicked people fall to pieces - there's nothing to them; the homes of good people hold together.

New King James Version

7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more, But the house of the righteous will stand.

New Living Translation

7 The wicked die and disappear, but the family of the godly stands firm.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 12:7

Commentary on Proverbs 12:7

(Read Proverbs 12:7)

God's blessing is often continued to the families of godly men, while the wicked are overthrown.