Proverbs 14:33
Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known.
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In Context
32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
Proverbs 13:16Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
Proverbs 15:28The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.
Ecclesiastes 10:3Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.
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 →