Proverbs 24:15

Proverbs 24:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
• New International Version (NIV)Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling place;
• English Standard Version (ESV)Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not plunder his resting place;

Context of Proverbs 24:15

13Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste: 14so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place. 16For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster. 17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;

Proverbs 24:15 word by word

אַל־תֶּאֱרֹ֣ב רָ֭שָׁע לִנְוֵ֣ה צַדִּ֑יק אַֽל־תְּשַׁדֵּ֥ד רִבְצוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Layאָרַב'ârab · to ambushH693
• wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662

Cross-references for Proverbs 24:15

• Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
• 1 Samuel 9:11As they went up the ascent to the city, they met maidens going forth to draw water; and they said to them, Is the seer here?
• 1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell on the priests, and put to death that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
• 1 Samuel 23:20And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and it will be for us to deliver him up into the king's hand.
• Psalms 10:8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
• Psalms 37:32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him:
• Psalms 56:6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.
• Psalms 59:3For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
• Psalms 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.
• Jeremiah 11:19And I was like a tame lamb [that] is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they devised devices against me, [saying,] Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
• Matthew 26:4and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;
• Acts 9:24But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched also the gates both day and night, that they might kill him;
• Acts 23:16But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported [it] to Paul.
• Acts 25:3asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.
• Proverbs 22:28Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.
• Isaiah 32:18And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

Commentaries on Proverbs 24:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15The dwelling of the righteous - צדיק tsaddik, the man who is walking unblameably in all the testimonies of God; who is rendering to every man his due.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The teaching of the proverb warns men not to attack or plot against the righteous. They will lose their labor, “Though the just man fall (not into sin, but into calamities), yet he riseth up.” The point of the teaching is not the liability of good men to err, but God‘s providential care over them (compare the margin reference). “Seven times” is a certain for an uncertain number (compare Job 5:19). In contrast with this is the fate of the evildoers, who…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-16Verses 15-16 The sincere soul falls as a traveller may do, by stumbling at some stone in his path; but gets up, and goes on his way with more care and speed. This is rather to be understood of falls into affliction, than falls into actual sin.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16Saying 27: Godly people do not let setbacks keep them down. • Seven times symbolizes "many times."Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1615-16. The plots of the wicked against the good, though partially, shall not be fully successful (Psa 37:24); while the wicked, falling under penal evil, find no help.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Proverbs 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings