Proverbs 24:15
Lay not in wait, O rasha, against the naveh (dwelling) of the tzaddik; 1 assault not his resting place; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 HaMelech said to Do'eg, Turn thou, and strike the Kohanim. And Do'eg the Edomi turned, and he struck the Kohanim, and slaughtered on that day fourscore and five ish that did wear ephod bad (linen robe).
Psalms 10:8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages; 1 in the places for ambush doth he murder the naki (innocent); 1 his eyes are secretly set against the poor. 1
Psalms 56:6Kol hayom they twist my words; 1 all their machsh'vot (thoughts) are against me for rah (evil). 1
Psalms 140:5Be shomer over me, Hashem, and keep me from the hands of the rashah; 1 protect me from ish chamasim, 1 whose scheme is to cause my steps to trip. 1
Proverbs 22:28Remove not the gevul olam (ancient landmark), 1 which avoteicha have set. 1
Jeremiah 11:19But I was like an innocent keves (lamb) 1 that is brought to the slaughter; 1 and I knew not that 1 they had devised machashavot (plots) against me, 1 saying: Let us destroy the etz (tree) with the fruit thereof, 1 and let us cut him off from Eretz Chayyim, 1 that shmo may be no more remembered. 1
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 →