Bible Strands
Proverbs 2:22
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker contrasts the secure inheritance of the upright with the fate of those who reject wisdom. This concluding warning follows the promise that the blameless will remain in the land.
The words — The Hebrew יִכָּרֵתוּ (yi.ka.re.tu) literally means "they will be cut off," while יִסּח֥וּ (yi.se.chu) translates to "they will be torn away." Both terms describe agricultural removal, emphasizing permanent displacement from the land.
The thread — This theme of divine removal from the land appears in Psalms 52:5, where God tears away the treacherous, and Deuteronomy 7:22, where the Lord drives out nations before His people. The motif of land inheritance versus expulsion recurs throughout the biblical narrative.
Why it lands — The text demands a clear-eyed assessment of moral consequences, showing that rejection of wisdom results in permanent loss of place and provision. It calls the reader to choose the path that secures enduring stability over temporary gain.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Cross-references
- Psalms 52:5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- Deuteronomy 7:22 The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
- Isaiah 3:10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Psalms 37:28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
- Deuteronomy 28:63 Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
- Psalms 145:20 The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
- Proverbs 10:30 The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
- Job 18:16 The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
- Proverbs 5:22 The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Job 21:30 Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.