“By His Death” (Proverbs 14: 32, ESV) by Carley Evans

Solomon, many years before Jesus comes to earth to die to save us, writes: “The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in His death.” Now, the Holy Spirit may very well not mean this as I take it, but this is my view of this verse.

The wicked is crushed by his own iniquity, whereas the righteous is delivered of his iniquity by the death of Jesus Christ. Though on the surface, it appears Solomon is referring to the death of the wicked, I think the Holy Spirit is pointing ahead of Solomon to the crucifixion.

The righteous finds refuge not in the death of the wicked man, but in the death of his Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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