Proverbs 14:33
Wisdom rests in the heart of the intelligent. And it is known in the midst of fools.
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32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness, || And the righteous [is] trustful in his death.
34Righteousness exalts a nation, || And the righteousness of peoples [is] a sin-offering.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16The fool—his anger is known in a day, || And the prudent is covering shame.
Proverbs 13:16Every prudent one deals with knowledge, || And a fool spreads out folly.
Proverbs 15:28The heart of the righteous meditates to answer, || And the mouth of the wicked utters evil things.
Ecclesiastes 10:3And also, when he that is a fool || Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, || And he has said to everyone, “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 →