Proverbs 14:32
The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: but + 14:32 Comp. Heb.he who is secure in his own holiness is just.
Brenton Septuagint
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 oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honours him has pity upon the poor.
33There is wisdom in the good heart of a man: but in the heart of fools it is not discerned.
Cross References
Job 13:15Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before him.
Job 19:25For I know that he is eternal who is about to deliver me,
Psalms 16:11They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.
Psalms 23:4He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully + 23:4 Or, against.to his neighbour.
Psalms 58:9But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen.
Proverbs 6:15Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin. + 6:15 Comp. Heb.
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 →