Proverbs 24:19
Do not contend with the most wicked, and do not be a rival to the impious.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
In Context
18lest perhaps the Lord see, and it displease him, and he may take away his wrath from him.
20For the evil hold no hope in the future, and the lamp of the impious will be extinguished.
Cross References
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.
Psalms 37:1A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath.
Proverbs 23:17Let not your heart compete with sinners. But be in the fear of the Lord all day long.
2 Corinthians 6:17Because of this, you must depart from their midst and be separate, says the Lord. And do not touch what is unclean.
2 Timothy 3:2Men will be lovers of themselves, greedy, self-exalting, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:18-19
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. Here, 1. The pleasure we are apt to take in the troubles of an enemy is forbidden us. If any have done us an ill turn, or if we bear them ill-will only because they stand in our light or in our way, when any damage comes to them (suppose they fall), or any danger (suppose they stumble), our corrupt hearts are too apt to conceive a secret… Read the whole commentary →