Proverbs 24:18
because Yahweh will know what you are thinking, and he will not like it, and as a result he will not punish that enemy of yours.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
In Context
19Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,
Cross References
Zechariah 1:15But he is very angry with the nations that are proud and feel safe. He was only a little bit angry with the people of Judah, but he is very angry with the surrounding nations because they caused the people of Judah to experience complete disaster.
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 →