Proverbs 2:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

They enjoy doing evil, rejoicing in their twisted evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

who rejoice when they have done evil, and who exult in the most wicked things.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things:

Proverbs 2:14 Cross References

Proverbs 10:23

Doing wrong is like sport to a fool, but wise conduct is pleasure to a person of understanding.

Proverbs 21:10

The souls of the wicked desire evil; their neighbors find no mercy in their eyes.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

Jeremiah 11:15

What right has my beloved in my house, when she has done vile deeds? Can vows and sacrificial flesh avert your doom? Can you then exult?

Hosea 7:3

By their wickedness they make the king glad, and the officials by their treachery.

Habakkuk 1:15

He brings all of them up with a hook; he drags them out with his net; he gathers them in his seine, so he rejoices and exults.

Zephaniah 3:11

On that day you shall not be put to shame because of all the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.

Romans 1:32

They know God’s decree, that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice them.

1 Corinthians 13:6

it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth.