Proverbs 2:14
Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in the most wicked things:
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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. Made the king glad, etc... To please Jeroboam, and their other kings they have given themselves up to the wicked worship of idols, which are mere falsehood and 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 →