Proverbs 24:15
Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:18Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod.
Psalms 10:8He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.
Psalms 56:6\56:5\Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Psalms 140:5\140:4\O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.
Proverbs 22:28Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.
Jeremiah 11:19But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:14-15
13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. We are here quickened to the study of wisdom by the consideration both of the pleasure and the profit of it. 1. It will be very pleasant. We eat honey because it is sweet to the taste, and upon that account we call it good, especially that which runs first from the… Read the whole commentary →