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Proverbs 2:21
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Proverbs 2:21
21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
21*For the vpright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remaine in it.
- Psal.37.30.
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Proverbs 2:21
Straight or erect; also honest, just, and faithful to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890
The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
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Finished; complete; consummate; not defective; having all that is requisite to its nature and kind.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 · KJV usage
To continue, stay, or abide; to be left after others are removed or after a part is taken; to continue in the same state.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
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Open the full verse study11For 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.
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Open the full verse study29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
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Open the full verse study9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.
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Open the full verse study30The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
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Open the full verse study12So 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.
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Open the full verse study11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
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Open the full verse study22For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
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Open the full verse study3Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
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Open the full verse study1THERE 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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Open the full verse study4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
5A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
6Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
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