Proverbs 2:14
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New International Version (©1984)
who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,

New Living Translation (©2007)
They take pleasure in doing wrong, and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.

English Standard Version (©2001)
who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
from those who enjoy doing evil, from those who find joy in the deviousness of evil.

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

American King James Version
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

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

Bible in Basic English
Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;

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

Darby Bible Translation
who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;

English Revised Version
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;

Webster's Bible Translation
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

World English Bible
who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;

Young's Literal Translation
Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

Geneva Study Bible

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

(h) When they see any given to evil as they are.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

14. 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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:10-22 If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will preserve, both against corruptions within and temptations without. The ways of sin are ways of darkness, uncomfortable and unsafe: what fools are those who leave the plain, pleasant, lightsome paths of uprightness, to walk in such ways! They take pleasure in sin; both in committing it, and in seeing others commit it. Every wise man will shun such company. True wisdom will also preserve from those who lead to fleshly lusts, which defile the body, that living temple, and war against the soul. These are evils which excite the sorrow of every serious mind, and cause every reflecting parent to look upon his children with anxiety, lest they should be entangled in such fatal snares. Let the sufferings of others be our warnings. Our Lord Jesus deters from sinful pleasures, by the everlasting torments which follow them. It is very rare that any who are caught in this snare of the devil, recover themselves; so much is the heart hardened, and the mind blinded, by the deceitfulness of this sin. Many think that this caution, besides the literal sense, is to be understood as a caution against idolatry, and subjecting the soul to the body, by seeking any forbidden object. The righteous must leave the earth as well as the wicked; but the earth is a very different thing to them. To the wicked it is all the heaven they ever shall have; to the righteous it is the place of preparation for heaven. And is it all one to us, whether we share with the wicked in the miseries of their latter end, or share those everlasting joys that shall crown believers?


Proverbs 10:23 Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool, And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.
Jeremiah 11:15 "What right has My beloved in My house When she has done many vile deeds? Can the sacrificial flesh take away from you your disaster, So that you can rejoice?" (NASB ©1995)

Delight Designs Evil Frowardness Joy Perverseness Perversity Pleasure Rejoice Rejoicing Sinner Wicked Wrong Wrongdoing


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

rejoice 10:23 Jer 11:15 Hab 1:15 Zep 3:11 1Co 13:6

and Ho 7:3 Lu 22:4,5 Ro 1:32

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Alphabetical: and delight doing evil in of perverseness perversity rejoice the who wrong

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