King James Version
Proverbs 2:21 in the King James Version says “For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.”
Proverbs 2:21 · KJV
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
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. rooted: or, plucked up
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“and the perfect”
H8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
“shall remain”
H3498to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
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