Proverbs 24:15
Don't be like a criminal waiting to ambush the home of good people; don't attack the place where they live.
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In The King James Version
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
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Cross References
1 Samuel 22:18So the king ordered Doeg, “You kill the priests!” Doeg the Edomite attacked and killed the priests, killing eighty-five men wearing the priestly ephod.
Psalms 10:8They hide out in ambush in the villages, ready to kill innocent passers-by. They are always on the lookout for their next victim.
Psalms 56:6They gather together in their hiding places to keep watch on me, hoping to kill me.
Psalms 140:5Proud people have hidden a trap for me—they have strung out a net on the path, they have set snares to catch me. Selah.
Proverbs 22:28Don't move ancient boundary markers that your forefathers put in place.
Jeremiah 11:19I was like a trusting little lamb being led away to be slaughtered. I didn't know that they had been plotting against me. They said, “Let's destroy the tree along with everything it produces. Let's kill him so no one will even remember his name.”
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 →