Proverbs 2:14
Who rejoice to do wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
In Context
13From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in the ways of darkness;
15Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:
Cross References
Proverbs 10:23It is, mere sport to a stupid man, to commit lewdness, but, wisdom, pertaineth to a man of understanding.
Hosea 7:3By their wickedness, they gladden a king, and, by their flatteries,—rulers.
Zephaniah 3:11In that day, wilt thou not turn pale for all thy deeds, wherein thou hast transgressed against me? For, then, will I take away out of thy midst thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt not again be haughty any more in my holy mountain:
Romans 1:32Who, indeed, having acknowledged the righteous sentence of God,—that, they who such things as these do practise, are worthy of death, not only, the same things, are doing, but are even delighting together with them who are practising [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 →