Proverbs 2:14
Who are rejoicing to do evil, || They delight in [the] contrariness of the wicked,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
In Context
13Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, || To walk in ways of darkness,
15Whose paths [are] crooked, || Indeed, they are perverted in their ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:23To execute inventions [is] as play to a fool, || And wisdom to a man of understanding.
Hosea 7:3With their wickedness they make a king glad, || And with their lies—princes.
Zephaniah 3:11In that day you are not ashamed because of any of your actions, || With which you have transgressed against Me, || For then I turn aside from your midst || The exulting ones of your excellence, || And you are to be haughty no longer, || In My holy mountain.
Romans 1:32who the righteous judgment of God having known—that those practicing such things are worthy of death—not only do them, but also have delight with those practicing 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 →