Proverbs 2:14 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 2:14

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

YLT

Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

DBT

who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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10 verses on the floor

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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It is sport to fools to do mischief; nor is any sight more grateful to them than to see the frowardness of the wicked, to see those that are hopeful drawn into the ways of sin, and then to see them hardened and confirmed in those ways. They are pleased if they can discern that the devil's kingdom gets ground (see Rom. i.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

and that with pleasure, in ignorance of good and pursuit of evil. frowardness--Not only their own perversity, but that of others is their delight. They love most the worst things.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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