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Proverbs 2:21-22
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21 For the upright will live in the land,[a]
    and those who are innocent will remain there.
22 However, the wicked will be cut off from the land,
    and those who are faithless will be uprooted from it.

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  1. Proverbs 2:21 The upright will live in the land: i.e., in the land of Canaan that had been promised to the people by their God (see Gen 17:8; Deut 4:1). The psalmist (Ps 37:9, 11, 29) says that the upright will possess the land (see also Mt 5:5: “The meek . . . will inherit the earth”).
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