Proverbs 2:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Proverbs 2:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 2:14 in 6 Bible Translations

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Proverbs 2:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,”

Proverbs 2:14 — World English Bible

Proverbs 2:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Proverbs 2:14 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 2:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,”

Proverbs 2:14 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 2:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil; ”

Proverbs 2:14 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 2:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,”

Proverbs 2:14 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 2:14 in Context — Proverbs 2

12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

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

15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

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What Does Proverbs 2:14 Mean?

Proverbs 2:14 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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