Proverbs 24:15
Do not lie in wait, and do not seek impiety in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 22:18And the king said to Doeg, “You shall turn and rush against the priests.” And Doeg, the Edomite, turned and rushed against the priests. And he massacred, on that day, eighty-five men, vested with the linen ephod.
Psalms 10:8For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice. His countenance has beheld equity.
Psalms 56:6Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your glory above all the earth.
Psalms 140:5The just one will correct me with mercy, and he will rebuke me. But do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head. For my prayer will still be toward their good will.
Proverbs 22:28Do not cross beyond the ancient limits that your fathers have set.
Jeremiah 11:19And I was like a meek lamb, who is being carried to be a victim. And I did not realize that they had devised plans against me, saying: “Let us place wood upon his bread, and let us eradicate him from the land of the living, and let his name no longer be remembered.”
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 →