Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 24:17
17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, or let 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,
- 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;
Context of Proverbs 24:17
15Do not lurk like the wicked near the dwelling of the righteous. Do not assault his home. 16For though the righteous one may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked stumble in adversity. Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, or let your heart be glad when he stumbles, 18or Adonai may see it as evil in His eyes, and turn His wrath away from him. 19Do not be upset because of evil people, 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 insults his Maker. Whoever rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
- Judges 16:25Now it came about when their hearts were merry that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may amuse us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he did make them laugh, when they made him stand between the pillars.
- 2 Samuel 16:5When King David arrived at Bahurim, behold, just coming out from there was a man of the family of the house of Saul—his name was Shimei son of Gera. As he came out, he kept on cursing
- Job 31:29“If I rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated because calamity found him—
- Psalms 35:15But at my stumbling they gathered in glee. Wretches gathered against me whom I did not know, tearing at me without ceasing.
- Psalms 42:10I will say to God my Rock: “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning, under the oppression of the enemy?”
- Obadiah 1:12You should not look down on your brother on the day of his disaster, nor should you rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. You should not speak proudly in the day of their distress.
- 1 Corinthians 13:6it does not rejoice over injustice but rejoices 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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