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Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

KJV

In malitia sua expelletur impius : sperat autem justus in morte sua.

Vulgate

ἐν κακίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀπωσθήσεται ἀσεβής, ὁ δὲ πεποιθὼς τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ὁσιότητι δίκαιος.

LXX

The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

ASV

בְּֽ֭/רָעָת/וֹ יִדָּחֶ֣ה רָשָׁ֑ע וְ/חֹסֶ֖ה בְ/מוֹת֣/וֹ צַדִּֽיק

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 157×
חָסִ֑יתִי
chsyty
verb · 35×
נִדְחֵ֣י
ndchy
verb · 10×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Natural men's prudence and care to preserve their own lives, or the care of others to preserve them, do not secure them a moment. There is no fortress that is any defence from the power of God. This natural men are held in the hand of God, over the pit of hell; they have deserved the fiery pit, and are already sentenced to it. God has no manner of obligation, by any promise, to…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:56 — The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
  • 1Thess 4:13 — But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
  • 2Cor 1:9 — But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
  • 2Cor 5:8 — We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
  • 2Pet 2:12 — But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
  • 2Tim 4:18 — And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Eccl 8:8 — There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are
  • Ezek 3:18 — When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity
  • Ezek 18:24 — But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he
  • Ezek 32:21 — The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
  • Gen 38:10 — And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
  • Gen 49:18 — I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
  • Isa 8:22 — And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
  • Job 7:6 — My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
  • Job 11:18 — And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
  • Job 13:15 — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
  • Job 13:15 — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
  • Job 14:10 — But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
  • Job 19:25 — For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
  • Job 24:19 — Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
  • Luke 16:22 — And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
  • Num 23:10 — Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
  • Prov 5:23 — He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
  • Prov 10:3 — The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
  • Prov 21:12 — The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
  • Prov 24:16 — For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
  • Prov 24:16 — For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
  • Ps 9:17 — The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
  • Ps 16:9 — Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
  • Ps 23:4 — Yea, 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.
  • Ps 37:37 — Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
  • Ps 37:37 — Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
  • Ps 37:38 — But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
  • Ps 94:23 — And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
  • Rev 14:13 — And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do foll
  • Rev 22:11 — He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
  • Rom 12:12 — Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;