Proverbs 24:15

Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the upright. 2 Don’t destroy his resting place: 1

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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:

In Context

14so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; 2 if you have found it, then there will be a reward, 2 your hope will not be cut off. 1

16for a upright man falls seven times, and rises up again; 2 but the wicked are overthrown by calamity. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 10:8He lies in wait near the villages. 2 From ambushes, he murders the innocent. 1 His eyes are secretly set against the helpless. 1

Psalms 56:6They conspire and lurk, 2 watching my steps, they are eager to take my life. 1

Psalms 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, 2 they have spread the cords of a net by the path. 2 They have set traps for me. Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·. 1

Proverbs 22:28Don’t move the ancient boundary stone, 2 which your fathers have set up. 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 →

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