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

¹⁴ who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

Common English Bible

¹⁴ They enjoy doing evil, rejoicing in their twisted evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ who rejoice when they have done evil, and who exult in the most wicked things.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ 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.