Proverbs 24:18
Lest the Lord see it and it be displeasing in his eyes, and he turn away from him his wrath.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
In Context
17At the fall of thy enemy do not rejoice; and at his stumbling let not thy heart be glad:
19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be thou envious of the wicked;
Cross References
Zechariah 1:15And with a great anger will I be angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little angry [with Zion], and they helped forward the mischief.
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 →