Proverbs 14:32
In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death [is] the righteous.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
In Context
31An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
33In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.
Cross References
Job 13:15Lo, He doth slay me — I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.
Job 19:25That — I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.
Psalms 16:11Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys [is] with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!
Psalms 23:4Also — when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou [art] with me, Thy rod and Thy staff — they comfort me.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
Proverbs 6:15Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken — and no healing.
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 →