Proverbs 2:22 (BSB)

but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

From Proverbs 2. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 2:22

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 2:10-22: The scope of these verses is to show, 1. What great advantage true wisdom will be of to us; it will keep us from the paths of sin, which lead to ruin, and will therein do us a greater kindness than if it enriched us with all the wealth of the world. 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 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...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 2:22: transgressors--or impious rebels (compare Jer 9:2). rooted out--utterly destroyed, as trees plucked up by the roots. Next: Proverbs Chapter 3
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 2:20-22: Pro 2:20-22 With למען there commences a new section, coordinating itself with the להצּילך (“to deliver thee”) of Pro 2:12, Pro 2:16, unfolding that which wisdom accomplishes as a preserver and guide: 20 So that thou walkest in the good way, And keepest the right paths. 21 For the upright shall inhabit the land, And the innocent shall remain in it.