Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 2:21-22

"For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it. But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it." — Proverbs 2:21-22 (ASV)

Noticeable here is the Hebrew love of home and love of country. To dwell in the land is (Leviticus 25:18, etc.) the highest blessing for the whole people and for individual men. The contrast to this is the life of the sinner, cut off from the land (not earth) of his fathers.