Proverbs 14:32
An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
In Context
31He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.
Cross References
Job 13:15Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
Job 19:25But as for me I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand up upon the earth.
Psalms 16:11Thou made known to (LXX/NT) me the path of life. Thou will fill me of joy with thy countenance (LXX/NT).
Psalms 23:4Yea, tho I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou are with me, thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
Proverbs 6:15Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly. Suddenly he shall be broken, and that without remedy.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:32
31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. God is here pleased to interest himself more than one would imagine in the treatment given to the poor. 1. He reckons himself affronted in the injuries that are done them. Whosoever he be that wrongs a poor man, taking advantage against him because he is poor and cannot help himself, let him know that he puts an affront upon his Maker. God made him, and gave him his being, the same that is the author of our… Read the whole commentary →