Proverbs 24:19
Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
In Context
18Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
20For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Cross References
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence.
Psalms 37:1A psalm for David himself. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:
2 Corinthians 6:17Wherefore, Go out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing:
2 Timothy 3:2Men shall be lovers of themselves, covetous, haughty, proud, 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 →