Proverbs 24:17
Gloat not when thine oyev falleth, 1 and let not thine lev rejoice when he stumbleth, 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
In Context
18Lest Hashem see it, and it is rah in His eyes, 1 and He turn away His wrath from him. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:5When Dovid HaMelech came to Bachurim, hinei, from there came out an ish of the mishpakhat Bais Sha'ul; shmo Shime'i Ben Gera; and he, cursing continuously, came.
Psalms 35:15But at mine stumbling they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; 1 yes, the attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I had no da'as; 1 they did tear at me, + 35:15 with slander and ceased not: 1
Psalms 42:10I will say unto El Sali (G-d my Rock), 1 Why hast Thou forgotten me? 1 Why go I mourning 1 because of the oppression of the oyev (enemy)? + 42:10 Mt 27:46 1
Obadiah 1:12But thou shouldest not have gloated over the day 1 of thy brother in the day of his misfortune; 1 neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the Bnei Yehudah 1 in the day of their destruction; 1 neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly 1 in the Yom Tzarah (Day of Trouble). 1
1 Corinthians 13:6Ahavah does not find simcha in evil, but rejoices in HaEmes.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:16-17
Cautions against Envy. 15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: 16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. This is spoken, not so much by way of counsel to wicked men (they will not receive instruction, ch. xxiii. 9 ), but rather in defiance of them, for the encouragement of good people that are threatened by them. See here, 1. The designs of the wicked against the righteous, and the success they… Read the whole commentary →