Proverbs 2:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 10:23 : 23 It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.
Jer 11:15 : 15 What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness [with] many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
Rom 1:32 : 32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.
1 Cor 13:6 : 6 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;
Hos 7:3 : 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Hab 1:15 : 15 He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.
Zeph 3:11 : 11 In that day shalt thou not be put to shame for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt no more be haughty in my holy mountain.
Luke 22:4-5 : 4 And he went away, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might deliver him unto them. 5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 2:15
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15Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:
Prov 2:12-13
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12To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;
13Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;
Prov 11:20
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20They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.
Prov 6:14
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14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
Hos 7:3
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3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Prov 1:16
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16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
Job 34:8
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8Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?
Ps 64:5
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5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?
Mic 7:3
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3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
Prov 29:6
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6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Ps 10:3
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3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.
Prov 24:2
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2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.
Mic 2:1
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1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Prov 24:8
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8He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief - maker.
Prov 21:15
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15It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Prov 12:20
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20Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.
2 Pet 2:13-14
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13suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; [men] that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceivings while they feast with you;
14having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;
Prov 14:19
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19The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
Ps 140:2
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2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.
Ps 36:4
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4He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.
Prov 17:20
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20He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Rom 1:29-30
2 verses
72%
29being filled with all unrighteousness, {G4202} wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Mic 3:2
72%
2ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Rom 3:14-16
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72%
14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16Destruction and misery are in their ways;
Isa 5:20
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20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Jas 4:16
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16But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
Prov 3:32
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32For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.
Prov 21:7
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7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
Prov 6:12
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12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
Prov 6:18
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18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Job 15:35
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35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.
Isa 59:7
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7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
Mal 3:15
72%
15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.
Ps 11:2
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2For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
Isa 31:2
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2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
Prov 28:4
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4They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.
Prov 4:16-17
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16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
Job 24:13
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13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
Ps 37:14
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14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.
Job 22:19
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19The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,
Prov 11:6
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6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
Prov 16:30
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30He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
Isa 3:9
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9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.
Rom 1:32
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32who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.