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Proverbs 24:15
15Don’t wait in ambush at the home of the godly, and don’t raid the house where the godly live.
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
13My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to the taste. 14In the same way, wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, you will have a bright future, and your hopes will not be cut short. Don’t wait in ambush at the home of the godly, and don’t raid the house where the godly live. 16The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked. 17Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall; don’t be happy when they stumble.
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 1:11They may say, “Come and join us. Let’s hide and kill someone! Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!
- 1 Samuel 9:11As they were climbing the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to draw water. So Saul and his servant asked, “Is the seer here today?”
- 1 Samuel 22:18Then the king said to Doeg, “You do it.” So Doeg the Edomite turned on them and killed them that day, eighty-five priests in all, still wearing their priestly garments.
- 1 Samuel 23:20Come down whenever you’re ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!”
- Psalms 10:8They lurk in ambush in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They are always searching for helpless victims.
- Psalms 37:32The wicked wait in ambush for the godly, looking for an excuse to kill them.
- Psalms 56:6They come together to spy on me— watching my every step, eager to kill me.
- Psalms 59:3They have set an ambush for me. Fierce enemies are out there waiting, Lord, though I have not sinned or offended them.
- Psalms 140:5The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way. Interlude
- Jeremiah 11:19I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me! “Let’s destroy this man and all his words,” they said. “Let’s cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”
- Matthew 26:4plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.
- Acts 9:24They were watching for him day and night at the city gate so they could murder him, but Saul was told about their plot.
- Acts 23:16But Paul’s nephew—his sister’s son—heard of their plan and went to the fortress and told Paul.
- Acts 25:3They asked Festus as a favor to transfer Paul to Jerusalem (planning to ambush and kill him on the way).
- Proverbs 22:28Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers set up by previous generations.
- Isaiah 32:18My people will live in safety, quietly at home. They will be at rest.
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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