Psalms 37:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.”
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“Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 37:22 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 5:33You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
- Job 5:3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
- Psalms 25:13His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
- Psalms 32:1Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
- Psalms 37:9For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
- Psalms 37:11But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
- Psalms 37:18The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
- Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
- Psalms 115:15May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- Psalms 119:21You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
- Psalms 128:1Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
- Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
- Isaiah 57:13When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”
- Zechariah 5:3Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
- Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- 1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
- Galatians 3:10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).