English Standard Version
Proverbs 24:17
17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
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,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
- New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall; don’t be happy when they stumble.
Context of Proverbs 24:17
15Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home; 16for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, 18lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him. 19Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked,
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 17:5Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
- Judges 16:25And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Call Samson, that he may entertain us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.
- 2 Samuel 16:5When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually.
- Job 31:29"If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him
- Psalms 35:15But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;
- Psalms 42:10As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"
- Obadiah 1:12But do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; do not boast in the day of distress.
- 1 Corinthians 13:6it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
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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