Proverbs 14:32 (BSB)

The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

From Proverbs 14. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 14:32

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 14:32: Here is, 1. The desperate condition of a wicked man when he goes out of the world: He is driven away in his wickedness. He cleaves so closely to the world that he cannot find in his heart to leave it, but is driven away out of it; his soul is required, is forced from him, And sin cleaves so closely to him that it...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 14:32: The wicked is driven away in his wickedness,.... That is, at death, as the opposite clause shows; he is driven out of the world, his heart is so much set on; from all the good things of it, which are his all, his portion; from the place of his abode, which will know him no more; and from all his friends and acquaintance, with whom...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 14:32: driven--thrust out violently (compare Psa 35:5-6). hath hope--trusteth (Pro 10:2; Pro 11:4; Psa 2:12), implying assurance of help.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 14:32: Pro 14:32 This verse also contains a key-word beginning with מ, but pairs acrostically with the proverb following: When misfortune befalls him, the godless is overthrown; But the righteous remains hopeful in his death. When the subject is רעה connected with רשׁע (the godless), then it may be understood of evil thought and action (Ecc 7:15) as well as of the experience of evil (e.g., Pro 13:21).