Proverbs 14:32
The wicked person is brought down by his evil actions, 1 but the righteous person has a refuge even in death. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
In Context
33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, 1 but even among fools she lets herself be known. 1
Cross References
Job 13:15See, if he kills me, I will have no hope left; 1 nevertheless, I will defend my ways before him. 1
Job 19:25But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, 1 and that at last he will stand on the earth; 1
Psalms 16:11You teach me the path of life; abundant joy resides in your presence; delights abide in your right hand forever!”
Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through a valley of darkest shadow, 1 I will not fear harm since you are with me; 1 your rod and your staff comfort me. 1
Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the thorn's burning heat, 1 he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green thorns and the burning thorns alike. 1
Proverbs 6:15Therefore his disaster will overtake him in an instant; 1 in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. 1
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 →