Proverbs 2:14 · KJV
“Who rejoice to do evil, {and} delight in the frowardness of the wicked;”
— Proverbs 2:14
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Whose ways {are} crooked, and {they} froward in their paths:
Proverbs 2 — Context
To deliver thee from the way of the evil {man}, from the man that speaketh froward things;
13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14Who rejoice to do evil, {and} delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15Whose ways {are} crooked, and {they} froward in their paths:
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, {even} from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words;
Cross References
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. {have...: or, consent with}
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. {What...: Heb. What is to my beloved in my house} {when...: or, when thy evil is}
Luke 22:4-5
And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
1 Corinthians 13:6
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; {in the truth: or, with the truth}
Zephaniah 3:11
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. {because...: Heb. in my holy}
Hosea 7:3
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Habakkuk 1:15
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. {drag: or, flue net}