King James Version
Proverbs 14:32
32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Proverbs 14:32 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The wicked is banished in his wickedness, But the righteous has a refuge in his death.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The wicked are crushed by disaster, but the godly have a refuge when they die.
Context of Proverbs 14:32
30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. 31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. 33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. 34Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Read all of Proverbs 14Proverbs 14:32 word by word
בְּֽ֭רָעָתוֹ יִדָּחֶ֣ה רָשָׁ֑ע וְחֹסֶ֖ה בְמוֹת֣וֹ צַדִּֽיק׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 14:32
- Job 18:18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
- Job 27:20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
- Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
- Daniel 5:26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
- John 8:21Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
- Romans 9:22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- Genesis 49:18I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.
- Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
- Job 19:25For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
- Psalms 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
- Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
- Luke 2:29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
- 1 Corinthians 15:55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
- 2 Corinthians 1:9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
- 2 Corinthians 5:8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Commentaries on Proverbs 14:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness - He does not leave life cheerfully. Poor soul! Thou hast no hope in the other world, and thou leavest the present with the utmost regret! Thou wilt not go off; but God will drive thee. But the righteous hath hope in his death - He rejoiceth to depart and be with Christ: to him death is gain; he is not reluctant to go - he flies at the call of God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32Consult marginal reference. The hope which abides even “in death” must look beyond it.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32Verse 32 The wicked man has his soul forced from him; he dies in his sins, under the guilt and power of them. But godly men, though they have pain and some dread of death, have the blessed hope, which God, who cannot lie, has given them.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32Proverbs rarely mentions life after death. Some scholars believe this verse means God gives courage to face death with dignity and calmness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. driven--thrust out violently (compare Psa 35:5, 6). hath hope--trusteth (Pr 10:2; 11:4; Psa 2:12), implying assurance of help.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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