Proverbs 14:32

Wicked people ruin themselves by the evil things that they do, but righteous/good people are kept safe/protected even when they die (OR, because of their continually doing what is right).

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

In Context

31Those who oppress poor people are insulting God, the one who made those poor people, but acting kindly toward them is respecting God.

33Those who have good sense always think what is wise; foolish people do not know anything about being wise.

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Cross References

Job 13:15If God kills me, then I will not have anyone else whom I can confidently expect to help me, but I am going to defend my behavior in his presence anyway.

Job 19:25But I know that the one who vindicates/defends me in court is alive, and that some day he will stand here on the earth and make the final decision about whether I deserve to be punished.

Psalms 16:11You will show me the road that leads to receiving eternal life, and you will make me joyful when I am with you. I will have pleasure forever when I am ◄at your right hand/seated next to you►.

Psalms 23:4Even when I am walking through very dangerous dark ravines where I might be killed, I will not be afraid of anything because you are with me. You protect me like a shepherd protects his sheep. He uses his club and his walking stick to protect them from being attacked by wild animals.

Psalms 58:9Get rid of them as fast as thornbushes are blown away after they are cut (OR, as fast as a fire heats a pot over burning thorns).

Proverbs 6:15But disasters will hit them suddenly; they will be crushed/ruined and nothing will be able to heal them.

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 →

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