Proverbs 14:32
The wicked man shall be driven out in his wickedness: but the just hath hope in his death.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
In Context
31He that oppresseth the poor, upbraideth his Maker: but he that hath pity on the poor, honoureth him.
33In the heart of the prudent resteth wisdom, and it shall instruct all the ignorant.
Cross References
Job 13:15Although he should bill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight.
Job 19:25For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.
Psalms 16:11Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the end.
Psalms 23:4For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me.
Psalms 58:9Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun.
Proverbs 6:15To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any 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 →