Proverbs 2:14
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Proverbs 2:14 in other translations
| BSB | from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil, |
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| WEB | who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil, |
| ASV | Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil; |
| YLT | Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked, |
| DARBY | who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil; |
| BBE | Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner; |
| Webster | Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; |
What does Proverbs 2:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 2:12-15
12-15. To deliver--as from great danger (Pr 6:5). way ... man--(Psa 1:1). froward things--perversity (Pr 6:14; 23:23), what is opposed to truth.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 2:10-22
If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will preserve, both against corruptions within and temptations without. The ways of sin are ways of darkness, uncomfortable and unsafe: what fools are those who leave the plain, pleasant, lightsome paths of uprightness, to walk in…
Proverbs 2:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 2:14
- Romans 1:32
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
- Proverbs 10:23
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
- Jeremiah 11:15
What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
- Luke 22:4-5
And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
- 1 Corinthians 13:6
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
- Hosea 7:3
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
- Zephaniah 3:11
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
- Habakkuk 1:15
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
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Context
- Proverbs 2:13
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
- Proverbs 2:14
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
- Proverbs 2:15
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
Proverbs 2:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que se alegran haciendo mal, que se huelgan en las perversidades del vicio; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | qui se réjouissent à mal faire, qui s’égaient en la perversité du mal, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | die sich freuen, Böses zu tun, über boshafte Verkehrtheit frohlocken; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui lætantur cum malefecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis; |