Proverbs 14:33
Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.
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32The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
34By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.
Proverbs 13:16A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.
Proverbs 15:28The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.
Ecclesiastes 10:3And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.
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 →