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Proverbs 24:17
17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Proverbs 24:17 in other versions
- 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;
- New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall; don’t be happy when they stumble.
Context of Proverbs 24:17
15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: 16For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. 19Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:17 word by word
בִּנְפֹ֣ל אֽ֭וֹיִבְךָ אַל־תִּשְׂמָ֑ח וּ֝בִכָּשְׁל֗וֹ אַל־יָגֵ֥ל לִבֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:17
- Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
- Judges 16:25And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
- 2 Samuel 16:5And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
- Job 31:29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
- Psalms 35:15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
- Psalms 42:10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
- Obadiah 1:12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
- 1 Corinthians 13:6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in 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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