Proverbs 2:21
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
*For the vpright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remaine in it.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referencePsal.37.30.
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12So 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.
12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Iob, more then his beginning: for he had fourteene thousand sheepe, and sixe thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee asses.
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4Unto 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.
4Unto the vpright there ariseth light in the darknesse: hee is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
5†A good man sheweth fauour and lendeth: he will guide his affaires with discretion.
6Surely he shall not be moued for euer: the righteous shalbe in euerlasting remembrance.
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Proverbs 2:21
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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1. Honest, just, or morally right; also a person so characterized. 2. Straight, erect, or standing up.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.
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Complete, whole, sound, mature, upright, fully fitted, finished, exact, or lacking nothing required for the person, work, knowledge, state, purpose, or standard in view; to perfect is to bring to that intended completion or maturity.
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Sense 1: To be left or still exist after others are gone, removed, consumed, or destroyed. Sense 2: To stay, abide, or continue in a place, state, condition, or relation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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2:20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
2:20That thou mayest walke in the way of good men, and keepe the pathes of the righteous.
2:21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
2:21*For the vpright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remaine in it.
Selected passage2:22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
2:22*But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressours shalbe ‖rooted out of it.