Proverbs 14:34
32 The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
33 Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known.
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
35 A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
- KJV
- Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
- WEB
- Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
- ASV
- Righteousness exalteth a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people.
- DARBY
- Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to peoples.
- BLB
- Righteousness exalts a nation, and sin [is] a reproach of peoples.
- ÅB
- Rettferdighet opphøyer et folk, men synden er folkenes vanære.
- OTB
- Rettferdighet opphøyer en nasjon, men synd bringer vanære over ethvert folk.
- B1930
- Rettferdighet ophøier et folk, men synden er folkenes vanære.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 107:34
and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:1–68
“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:18–28
Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:6–8
Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
Read in contextEzekiel 16:1–63
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Read in contextHosea 13:1
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
Read in contextJudges 2:6–14
After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:2–25
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
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