New English Translation
Proverbs 24:15
15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.
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 child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. 14Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home. 16Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity. 17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:15 word by word
אַל־תֶּאֱרֹ֣ב רָ֭שָׁע לִנְוֵ֣ה צַדִּ֑יק אַֽל־תְּשַׁדֵּ֥ד רִבְצוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:15
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
- 1 Samuel 9:11As they were going up the ascent to the town, they met some girls coming out to draw water. They said to them, “Is this where the seer is?”
- 1 Samuel 22:18Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
- 1 Samuel 23:20Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king’s hand will be our responsibility.”
- Psalms 10:8He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.
- Psalms 37:32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.
- Psalms 56:6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.
- Psalms 59:3For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.
- Psalms 140:5Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)
- Jeremiah 11:19Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying, “Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let’s remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more.”
- Matthew 26:4They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
- Acts 9:24but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.
- Acts 23:16But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.
- Acts 25:3Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.
- Proverbs 22:28Do not move an ancient boundary stone which was put in place by your ancestors.
- Isaiah 32:18My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet 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
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