Proverbs 14:32
Wicked people are brought down by their own evil actions, but those who live right are confident even in death.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
In Context
31Anyone who oppresses the poor insults their Maker, but anyone who is kind to the needy honors him.
33Wisdom is at home in a mind that understands, but it's not found among stupid people.
Cross References
Job 13:15Even though he kills me, I will hope in him. I am still going to defend my ways before him.
Job 19:25I know my Redeemer is alive, and that he shall finally take the stand for me on the earth.
Psalms 16:11You have shown me the path of life, filling me with joy with your presence and the delight of living with you forever.
Psalms 23:4Even when I walk through the valley dark as death, I'm not afraid of any evil, because you are right there with me; your rod and your staff protect me.
Psalms 58:9Before the cooking pot is hot from burning thorns, whether fresh or dry, God will blow them away.
Proverbs 6:15As a result, disaster falls suddenly on such people; in just a moment they're destroyed without hope of healing.
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 →