Proverbs 24:15
Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
In Context
16For a iust man falleth seuen times, and riseth againe: but the wicked fall into mischiefe.
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:18Then the King sayde to Doeg, Turne thou and fall vpon the Priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and ran vpon the Priestes, and slewe that same daye foure score and fiue persons that did weare a linen Ephod.
Psalms 10:8He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murder the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore.
Psalms 56:6They gather together, and keepe them selues close: they marke my steps, because they waite for my soule.
Psalms 140:5The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah.
Proverbs 22:28Thou shalt not remooue the ancient bounds which thy fathers haue made.
Jeremiah 11:19But I was like a lambe, or a bullocke, that is brought to the slaughter, and I knewe not that they had deuised thus against me, saying, Let vs destroy the tree with the fruite thereof, and cut him out of the lande of the liuing, that his name may be no more in memory.
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 →