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Proverbs 24:17
1728. Do not shout with joy when your enemy falls down. Do not be happy when his foot slips.
Proverbs 24:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
- New International Version (NIV)Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
Context of Proverbs 24:17
1527. Do not be like wicked people who attack righteous people. Do not try to rob the homes of honest people. 16If an honest person falls down seven times, he will still stand up again. But when trouble comes to a wicked person, that is the end of him. 28. Do not shout with joy when your enemy falls down. Do not be happy when his foot slips. 18The Lord will know what you are thinking, and he will not be happy. He may decide not to punish your enemy. 1929. Do not have trouble in your mind because of evil people. Do not be jealous of them.
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:17 word by word
בִּנְפֹ֣ל אֽ֭וֹיִבְךָ אַל־תִּשְׂמָ֑ח וּ֝בִכָּשְׁל֗וֹ אַל־יָגֵ֥ל לִבֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:17
- Proverbs 17:5If you laugh at poor people, you are insulting God, who made them. If you are happy when trouble happens to other people, you will receive the punishment that you deserve.
- Judges 16:25The people were very happy at the feast. They shouted, ‘Bring Samson here for us to see him! He can help us to enjoy our party.’ So they brought Samson out of the prison. The people were happy to see him. They made him stand between the pillars of the temple.
- 2 Samuel 16:5King David and his people arrived near Bahurim town. Gera's son Shimei came out to meet David. He was a relative of Saul. Shimei cursed David in a loud voice as he came towards him.
- Job 31:29I do not laugh at my enemies when they suffer. If my enemy has troubles, it does not make me happy.
- Psalms 35:15But when I had troubles myself, they were happy. They stood together and they laughed at me. Even strangers attacked me and they would not stop.
- Psalms 42:10My enemies laugh at me all the time. It is like they are breaking all my bones. They are always saying, ‘Where is your God?’
- Obadiah 1:12Your brothers in Judah were in great trouble. You thought that you were better than they. But you were wrong to think that. You should not have been happy when the people in Judah were dying. You should not have been happy when they were in trouble.
- 1 Corinthians 13:6If I love people, I will not be happy when bad things happen. Instead, I will be happy when things happen that are right and true.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, (into this mischief), and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth - When he meets with any thing that injures him; for God will not have thee to avenge thyself, or feel any disposition contrary to love; for if thou do, the Lord will be angry, and may turn away his wrath from him, and pour it out on thee. This I believe to be the true sense of these verses: but we must return to the sixteenth, as that has been…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-18Verses 17-18 The pleasure we are apt to take in the troubles of an enemy is forbidden.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18Saying 28: This saying introduces the teaching of Jesus to love our enemies (Matthew 5:43–48).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. Yet let none rejoice over the fate of evildoers, lest God punish their wrong spirit by relieving the sufferer (compare Pr 17:5; Job 31:29).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
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