Proverbs 2:22
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
In context
19 none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life. 20 So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous. 21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it, 22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 2:22 in the KJV
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, And the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 2:22 in the NIV
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.