Proverbs 14:33
Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but [a thing] in the inward part of fools is made known.
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32An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.
34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16A fool's vexation is instantly known, but a prudent man conceals shame.
Proverbs 13:16Every prudent man works with knowledge, but a fool flaunts folly.
Proverbs 15:28The heart of a righteous man meditates to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Ecclesiastes 10:3Yea also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone [that] he is a fool.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:33
32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. Here is, 1. The desperate condition of a wicked man when he goes out of the world: He is driven away in his wickedness. He cleaves so closely to the world that he cannot find in his heart to leave it, but is driven away out of it; his soul is required, is forced from him, And sin cleaves so closely to him that it is inseparable; it goes with him into another world; he is driven away in his wickedness, dies in his sins, under… Read the whole commentary →