Proverbs 14:32

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An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever! Amen.
  • Gen 49:18 : 18 I wait for your deliverance, O LORD.
  • 2 Cor 1:9 : 9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
  • Job 19:25-27 : 25 As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth. 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God, 27 whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the upright! For the one who promotes peace has a future.
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!
  • Job 18:18 : 18 He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say,“Write this:‘Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”“Yes,” says the Spirit,“so they can rest from their hard work, because their deeds will follow them.”
  • Ps 58:9 : 9 Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.
  • Prov 6:15 : 15 Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.
  • Prov 24:16 : 16 Indeed a righteous person will fall seven times, and then get up again, but the guilty will collapse in calamity.
  • Dan 5:26-30 : 26 This is the interpretation of the words: As for mene– God has numbered your kingdom’s days and brought it to an end. 27 As for teqel– you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking. 28 As for peres– your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.” 29 Then, on Belshazzar’s orders, Daniel was clothed in purple, a golden collar was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom. 30 And in that very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed.
  • Luke 2:29 : 29 “Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace.
  • John 8:21 : 21 Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going Then Jesus said to them again,“I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.”
  • John 8:24 : 24 Thus 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 But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
  • 1 Cor 15:55-58 : 55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” 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 So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
  • Job 27:20-22 : 20 Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off. 21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. 22 It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.
  • Ps 16:11 : 11 You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.
  • Phil 1:21 : 21 For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 Now when they are saying,“There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

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