Proverbs 2:22

22 But God will snatch the wicked from the land and pull sinners out of it like plants from the ground.

Proverbs 2:22 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 2:22

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth
Suddenly by death; or in a judicial way by the hand of the civil magistrate, before they have lived out half their days; and shall not enjoy the good things of the earth they have been seeking for, and laying up, and promising themselves a long and quiet possession of; but, on the contrary, like unfruitful trees, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire; and, however, shall not dwell in the second Adam's earth, in the new earth, but shall perish out of his land, ( Psalms 10:16 ) ; see ( Psalms 37:2 Psalms 37:9 Psalms 37:22 Psalms 37:28 Psalms 37:38 ) ; and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it;
such as have acted treacherously and perfidiously ^F3, and are opposed to upright men; as the wicked are to the righteous, pure, and spotless; these shall not only be cut off as trees to the stump, but be rooted up, and have neither root nor branch left them; they shall have no posterity to succeed them, and their memory shall utterly perish; see ( Malachi 4:1 ) ; or "shall be scraped off", or "swept away" ^F4, as the dust and dross of the earth, and the offscouring of all things.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Mydgwb) "perfide agentis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "perfidi", Cocceius, Michaelis, Schultens.
F4 (wxoy) "eradentur", Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus; "everrentur", Schultens.

Proverbs 2:22 In-Context

20 So you must follow the example of good people and live a righteous life.

21 Righteous people - people of integrity - will live in this land of ours.

22 But God will snatch the wicked from the land and pull sinners out of it like plants from the ground.