Proverbs 2:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

It is like sport to a fool to do wrong, but wise conduct is pleasure to a man of understanding.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one 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 princes 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 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

Though they know God's decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them but approve those who practice them.

1 Corinthians 13:6

it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.