Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
In Context
31He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
Cross References
Job 13:15Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
Job 19:25But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
Psalms 16:11You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
Proverbs 6:15Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
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 →