Proverbs 14:32
The wicked are brought down by their own evil, but the righteous take refuge when they die.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
KJV1611 – Modern English
The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
The wicked{H7563} is thrust down{H1760} in his evil-doing;{H7451} But the righteous{H6662} hath a refuge{H2620} in his death.{H4194}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
The wicked{H7563} is driven away{H1760}{(H8735)} in his wickedness{H7451}: but the righteous{H6662} hath hope{H2620}{(H8802)} in his death{H4194}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
The vngodly is afrayed of euery parell, but the rightuous hath a good hope eue in death.
Geneva Bible (1560)
The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
The vngodly is cast away for his iniquitie: but the ryghteous hath a good hope, euen in death.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
¶ The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The wicked is brought down in his calamity, But in death, the righteous has a refuge.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death `is' the righteous.
American Standard Version (1901)
The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
American Standard Version (1901)
The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
World English Bible (2000)
The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.
Referenced Verses
- 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil work and will bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Gen 49:18 : 18 I wait for your salvation, Lord.
- 2 Cor 1:9 : 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
- 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
- Job 19:25-27 : 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth. 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God. 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!
- Ps 23:4 : 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
- Ps 37:37 : 37 Observe the blameless and consider the upright, for there is a future for the person of peace.
- Job 13:15 : 15 Though He slay me, yet I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will defend my ways before Him.
- Job 18:18 : 18 He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.
- Rev 14:13 : 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them."
- Ps 58:9 : 9 Like a slug that melts away as it moves, like a stillborn child who never sees the sun.
- Prov 6:15 : 15 Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant, he will be broken beyond healing.
- Prov 24:16 : 16 For though the righteous may fall seven times, they will rise again, but the wicked will stumble in calamity.
- Dan 5:26-30 : 26 This is the interpretation of the message: Mene means that God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end. 27 Tekel means that you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. 28 Peres means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, put a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom. 30 That very night, Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed.
- Luke 2:29 : 29 "Now, Lord, you can let your servant depart in peace, according to your word.
- John 8:21 : 21 Then he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."
- John 8:24 : 24 That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
- Rom 9:22 : 22 What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
- 1 Cor 15:55-58 : 55 Where, O death, is your sting? Where, O grave, is your victory? 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
- Job 27:20-22 : 20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a storm sweeps him away. 21 The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. 22 It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power.
- Ps 16:11 : 11 You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
- Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
- Phil 1:21 : 21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
- Phil 1:23 : 23 I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;
- 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 While people are saying, "Peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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