Proverbs 24:17

Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

In Context

16For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.

18For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 16:5And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.

Psalms 35:15But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

Psalms 42:10\42:9\I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

Obadiah 1:12Do not see with pleasure your brother's evil day, the day of his fate, and do not be glad over the children of Judah on the day of their destruction, or make wide your mouth on the day of trouble.

1 Corinthians 13:6It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:16-17

Cautions against Envy. 15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: 16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. This is spoken, not so much by way of counsel to wicked men (they will not receive instruction, ch. xxiii. 9 ), but rather in defiance of them, for the encouragement of good people that are threatened by them. See here, 1. The designs of the wicked against the righteous, and the success they… Read the whole commentary →

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