Proverbs 2:21

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That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.	For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.	But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For the upright^H3477 shall dwell^H7931 in the land^H776, and the perfect^H8549 shall remain^H3498 in it.

Original Hebrew

כִּי־יְשָׁרִים יִשְׁכְּנוּ־אָרֶץ וּתְמִימִים יִוָּתְרוּ בָהּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
יְשָׁרִ֥ים	ye.sha.Rim	H3477	HAampa	upright (people)
יִשְׁכְּנוּ	shâkan	H7931	HVqi3mp
אָ֑רֶץ	'A.retz	H776	HNcbsa	(the) land
וּ֝/תְמִימִ֗ים	u./te.mi.Mim	H8549	HC/Aampa	and/ blameless (people)
יִוָּ֥תְרוּ	yi.Va.te.ru	H3498	HVNi3mp	they will remain
בָֽ/הּ	Va/h		HR/Sp3fs	in/ it

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
H3477 — יָשָׁר (yâshâr, yaw-shawr'): from יָשַׁר; straight (literally or figuratively); convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
H3498 — יָתַר (yâthar, yaw-thar'): a primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve; excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.
H7931 — שָׁכַן (shâkan, shaw-kan'): a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to שָׁכַב through the idea of lodging; compare סִכְלוּת, שָׁכַם); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively); abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
H8549 — תָּמִים (tâmîym, taw-meem'): from תָּמַם; entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth; without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

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