Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Proverbs 14:32

“The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.”

Proverbs 14:32 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Proverbs 14:32, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Proverbs 14. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • 2 Timothy 4:18And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Psalms 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
  • 2 Corinthians 5:8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
  • Job 19:25For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
  • Revelation 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their wor…
  • Genesis 49:18I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
  • Psalms 37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
  • Proverbs 24:16For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
  • Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
  • Philippians 1:21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
  • Proverbs 6:15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
  • Daniel 5:26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

More to meet God in Proverbs

Proverbs 3:5Proverbs 22:6Proverbs 18:10Proverbs 4:23Proverbs 17:22Proverbs 3:6Proverbs 15:1Proverbs 19:21Proverbs 11:25Proverbs 16:3Proverbs 16:9Proverbs 29:25Proverbs 29:1Proverbs 28:4

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.