Proverbs 2:22

22. But… the transgressors בוגדים , ( bogedhim,) those of concealed, illicit practices, such as above referred to, shall be swept off. The words land (Proverbs 2:21) and earth (Proverbs 2:22) are the same in the Hebrew. They mean the land of promise. The Israelites were bound by strong ties to their God-given inheritance: to dwell in the land was their highest desire and greatest blessing, (see Exodus 20:12; Leviticus 25:18; Leviticus 26:5; 2 Kings 4:13:) to be torn from it was esteemed the greatest calamity. Their attachment to it may be learned from the psalms belonging to the times of the exile. The same idea has passed over to the New Testament.

Matthew 5:5; compare Psalms 39:9. For their patriotic feelings see Psalms 125, 126.