Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 2:14
Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
14. of the wicked ] Or, of evil, R.V. text, as in Pro 2:12.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Who rejoice to do evil; seeking and embracing occasions of sin with diligence and greediness, and pleasing themselves both in the practice and remembrance of sin; whereas upright men abhor and watch against all occasions of sin beforehand, and mourn bitterly for it afterwards.
Delight in the frowardness of the wicked; not only in their own sins, but in the sins of other wicked men, which shows a greater malignity of mind and love to sin. See Rom 1:32.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
14. and that with pleasure, inignorance of good and pursuit of evil.
frowardnessNot onlytheir own perversity, but that of others is their delight. They lovemost the worst things.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Who rejoice to do evil,…. At the doing of it, or when they have done it; they are glad of an opportunity of doing mischief, and glory when they have done it; it is a sport and pastime to them,
Pr 10:2; they take pleasure in the act of sin, and have no remorse of conscience afterwards; they speak of it in an exulting manner, and boast of it, and glory in their shame;
[and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked: of the wicked man, as Aben Ezra and Gersom supply it; in the perversities and contradictions of every wicked man; they not only take pleasure in their own sins, but in the sins of others, and in them that commit them; which is an aggravation of their wickedness, Ro 1:32; they delight to hear a man speak froward and perverse things; things against God, and Christ, and religion, against all good men, and everything that is good; against the Gospel, the doctrines and ordinances of it; and they delight to see him do things perverse and contrary to the will of God. The Vulgate Latin version renders it, “they exult in the worst things”.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(14) Delight in the frowardness of the wicked.This positive taking pleasure in evil is mentioned by St. Paul (Rom. 1:32) as the last stage of degradation.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Pro 2:14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Ver. 14. Who rejoice to do evil. ] It is their meat, drink, sport; Pro 4:27 ; Pro 10:23 they cannot be merry unless the devil be their play fellow. This is reckoned as an aggravation of Jerusalem’s sin: “When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.” Jer 11:15 But better is the sorrow of him that suffereth evil than the jollity of him that doth evil, saith Augustine. a
a Melior est tristitia iniqua patientis quam laetitia iniqua facientis.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
wicked. Same word as “evil”, Pro 2:12.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
rejoice: Pro 10:23, Jer 11:15, Hab 1:15, Zep 3:11, 1Co 13:6
and: Hos 7:3, Luk 22:4, Luk 22:5, Rom 1:32
Reciprocal: Gen 27:42 – comfort himself Pro 6:14 – Frowardness
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2:14 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.