Proverbs 2:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

Proverbs 2:14 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 10:23
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
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.
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.
1 Corinthians 13:6
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Luke 22:4-5
And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-22)

The scope of these verses is to show, 1. What great advantage true wisdom will be of to us; it will keep us from the paths of sin, which lead to ruin, and will therein do us a greater kindness than if it enriched us with all the wealth of the world. 2. What good use we should make of the wisdom God gives us; we must use it for our own guidance in the paths of virtue, and for the arming of us again…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

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.