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Proverbs 2:14
14They take pleasure in doing wrong, and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
Proverbs 2:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
- New International Version (NIV)who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
- English Standard Version (ESV)who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
Context of Proverbs 2:14
12Wisdom will save you from evil people, from those whose words are twisted. 13These men turn from the right way to walk down dark paths. They take pleasure in doing wrong, and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil. 15Their actions are crooked, and their ways are wrong. 16Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman, from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
Read all of Proverbs 2Proverbs 2:14 word by word
הַ֭שְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת רָ֑ע יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכ֥וֹת רָֽע׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 2:14
- Proverbs 10:23Doing wrong is fun for a fool, but living wisely brings pleasure to the sensible.
- Jeremiah 11:15“What right do my beloved people have to come to my Temple, when they have done so many immoral things? Can their vows and sacrifices prevent their destruction? They actually rejoice in doing evil!
- Habakkuk 1:15Must we be strung up on their hooks and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?
- Zephaniah 3:11On that day you will no longer need to be ashamed, for you will no longer be rebels against me. I will remove all proud and arrogant people from among you. There will be no more haughtiness on my holy mountain.
- 1 Corinthians 13:6It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
- Hosea 7:3“The people entertain the king with their wickedness, and the princes laugh at their lies.
- Luke 22:4and he went to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard to discuss the best way to betray Jesus to them.
- Romans 1:32They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.
Commentaries on Proverbs 2:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-15Verses 12-15 The evil-doers here include not robbers and murderers only Proverbs 1:10-16, but all who leave the straight path and the open day for crooked ways, perverse counsels, deeds of darkness. “To delight etc.” Proverbs 2:14 is the lowest depth of all.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 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 such ways! They take pleasure…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-15Wisdom knows when people alter words to make wrong things seem right. The right path leads to life, while the wrong path leads to death (Proverbs 1:10–19; 2:18–19; 5:5–6; 9:1–6, 13–18). ways of darkness: In the New Testament, darkness represents evil, while light represents God's goodness (Matthew 4:16; 5:14–16; John 1:14; Romans 2:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1512-15. 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.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 2
- 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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