New International Version
Proverbs 24:17
17Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,
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:
- 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
15Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling place; 16for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes. Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice, 18or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them. 19Do not fret because of evildoers or be 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 shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
- Judges 16:25While they were in high spirits, they shouted, “Bring out Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them. When they stood him among the pillars,
- 2 Samuel 16:5As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the same clan as Saul’s family came out from there. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and he cursed as he came out.
- Job 31:29“If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him—
- Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; assailants gathered against me without my knowledge. They slandered me without ceasing.
- Psalms 42:10My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Obadiah 1:12You should not gloat over your brother in the day of his misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast so much in the day of their trouble.
- 1 Corinthians 13:6Love does not delight in evil 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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