Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
‘The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.’ The wicked have no hope in the harvest of their life of wickedness, but the righteous have hope of reaping life eternal (Gal. 6:7-8).
‘Driven away in his wickedness.’ Seven examples of destruction through sin: Dathan (Num. 16:33); Israel (Ex. 32:28; 1Cor. 10:1-11); Balaam (Num. 31:8-10; Rev. 2:14); Canaanites (Deut. 9:5; Jos. 2:9; 5:1); Hophni and Phinehas (1Sam. 4:11); Baal’s prophets (1Kin. 18:40) and Belshazzar (Dan. 5:2-6, 30).
‘The righteous has hope in his death.’ Six examples of righteous hoping in death: Jacob (Gen. 49:18); Joseph (Gen. 50:24-25; Heb. 11:22); David (2Sam. 23:5; Ps. 17:15); Stephen (Acts 7:55-60); Paul (2Tim. 4:6-8) and Peter (2Pet. 1:14-16; 3:13).
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