Proverbs 2:14
Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
In Context
13Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:
15Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:23A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a man.
Hosea 7:3They have made the king glad with their wickedness: and the princes with their lies.
Zephaniah 3:11In that day thou shalt not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proud boasters, and thou shalt no more be lifted up because of my holy mountain.
Romans 1:32Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death; and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 2:11-22
The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange… Read the whole commentary →