Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
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Study Note
The contrast 'the wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death' is one of Proverbs' most explicit statements about post-mortem distinctions, giving the 'hope' of the righteous a scope that extends beyond biological life. The Hebrew 'mitvato' in the second clause is rendered variously as 'in his death' (MT: bemotem) or 'in his integrity' (LXX: reading betummo), creating a textual variant with significant theological implications. If 'in his death,' the proverb anticipates the Old Testament's embryonic afterlife hope (Job 19:25; Psalm 49:15) — the righteous has something to trust at the moment of death. Paul's declaration 'to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better' (Philippians 1:23) and 'whether we live or die, we are the Lord's' (Romans 14:8) develop the same confident hope in the face of death.
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The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death <FI>is<Fi> the righteous.
The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
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For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within …
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.