Proverbs 24:15
Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly.
Brenton Septuagint
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 Doec, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests: and Doec the Syrian turned, and slew the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing + 22:18 Alex. a linen ephod.an ephod.
Psalms 56:6Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth.
Psalms 140:5The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their + 140:5 q. d. lest I be injured by them.pleasures.
Proverbs 22:28Remove not the old + 22:28 Gr. eternal.landmarks, which thy fathers placed.
Jeremiah 11:19But I as an innocent lamb led to the slaughter, knew not: against me they devised an evil device, saying, Come and let us put wood into his bread, and let us utterly destroy him from off the land of the living, and let his name not be remembered any more.
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 →